Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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Page 13
... calculate the place of the sun for a given time , they begin by reducing into days the intervals between that time and the commencement of the Kaly - Yug , multiplying the years by 365 days , 6 hours , 12 ′ 30 ′′ , and taking away 2 ...
... calculate the place of the sun for a given time , they begin by reducing into days the intervals between that time and the commencement of the Kaly - Yug , multiplying the years by 365 days , 6 hours , 12 ′ 30 ′′ , and taking away 2 ...
Page 17
... calculations made at a much later period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them , could have been then observed at Benares : but to be able to do so , implies a more ac ...
... calculations made at a much later period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them , could have been then observed at Benares : but to be able to do so , implies a more ac ...
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... calculation of an eclipse is made ; and the rule by which the Brahmins resolve this problem , is ex- tremely simple and ingenious . At the place for which they calculate , they ob- serve the shadow of a gnomon on the day of the equinox ...
... calculation of an eclipse is made ; and the rule by which the Brahmins resolve this problem , is ex- tremely simple and ingenious . At the place for which they calculate , they ob- serve the shadow of a gnomon on the day of the equinox ...
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... calculations . They have a cycle or period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ; another of 3,600 years , and one of 24,000 . From the annual motion given by them of fifty- four seconds of longitude in the year ...
... calculations . They have a cycle or period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ; another of 3,600 years , and one of 24,000 . From the annual motion given by them of fifty- four seconds of longitude in the year ...
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... calculations with a surprising degree of quickness and precision , especially when we consider the methods they sometimes employ . M. le Gentil gives an account of a visit he re- ceived , soon after his arrival at Pondi- cherry , from a ...
... calculations with a surprising degree of quickness and precision , especially when we consider the methods they sometimes employ . M. le Gentil gives an account of a visit he re- ceived , soon after his arrival at Pondi- cherry , from a ...
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