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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... known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which essen- tially serve to explain her movements , had indeed , been discovered by Tycho Brahe , who was born in 1546 , and died in 1601 6 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which essen- tially serve to explain her movements , had indeed , been discovered by Tycho Brahe , who was born in 1546 , and died in 1601 6 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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... known the use of the gnomon at a very re- mote period . Their religion commands that the four sides of their temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which ...
... known the use of the gnomon at a very re- mote period . Their religion commands that the four sides of their temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which ...
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... known , that of 1 to 3.1416 . When found in the simplest and most elementary way , it requires a poly- gon of 768 sides to be inscribed in a circle ; an operation which cannot be arithmetic- ally performed without the knowledge of some ...
... known , that of 1 to 3.1416 . When found in the simplest and most elementary way , it requires a poly- gon of 768 sides to be inscribed in a circle ; an operation which cannot be arithmetic- ally performed without the knowledge of some ...
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... known to the Greeks , who calculated by help of the chords , forms a striking dif ference between the Indian trigonometry and theirs . The use of the sine , instead of the chord , is an improvement which our modern trigonometry owes ...
... known to the Greeks , who calculated by help of the chords , forms a striking dif ference between the Indian trigonometry and theirs . The use of the sine , instead of the chord , is an improvement which our modern trigonometry owes ...
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... known in the east , was not observed by the mathema- ticians of Europe till about two hundred years ago . The theorem , indeed , concern- ing the circle , from which it is deduced , under one shape or another , has been known from 56 ON ...
... known in the east , was not observed by the mathema- ticians of Europe till about two hundred years ago . The theorem , indeed , concern- ing the circle , from which it is deduced , under one shape or another , has been known from 56 ON ...
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