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 45
... hands of the Brahmins is so ancient in its origin , yet it contains many rules and tables that are of later construc- tion . " The first operation for computing the moon's place from the tables of Tirvalore , requires that 1,600,984 ...
... hands of the Brahmins is so ancient in its origin , yet it contains many rules and tables that are of later construc- tion . " The first operation for computing the moon's place from the tables of Tirvalore , requires that 1,600,984 ...
Page 50
... hands of a succession of in- genious men , fertile in resources , and ac- quainted with the variety and extent of the science which they cultivated . — A system of knowledge which is thus assimilated to + the genius of the people , that ...
... hands of a succession of in- genious men , fertile in resources , and ac- quainted with the variety and extent of the science which they cultivated . — A system of knowledge which is thus assimilated to + the genius of the people , that ...
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... hand , not a little singular , that we should find a table of versed sines in the Surya Siddhanta ; for neither the Greek nor the Arabian mathe- maticians , had any such . " After giving an ample explanation of the tables , and the mode ...
... hand , not a little singular , that we should find a table of versed sines in the Surya Siddhanta ; for neither the Greek nor the Arabian mathe- maticians , had any such . " After giving an ample explanation of the tables , and the mode ...
Page 58
... hand . He therefore founded his calcula- tions on another proposition , containing a property of quadrilateral figures inscribed in a circle , which he seems to have investi- gated on purpose , and which is still distin- guished by his ...
... hand . He therefore founded his calcula- tions on another proposition , containing a property of quadrilateral figures inscribed in a circle , which he seems to have investi- gated on purpose , and which is still distin- guished by his ...
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... hand , and the same comprehensive mind , that we have had so much reason to admire in the more difficult parts of the work . We shall give one extract , which we think ourselves the more bound to lay before our readers , that it is con ...
... hand , and the same comprehensive mind , that we have had so much reason to admire in the more difficult parts of the work . We shall give one extract , which we think ourselves the more bound to lay before our readers , that it is con ...
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