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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... nearly the same stars , which constitute the lunar mansions of the Arabians : but , in a few instances , they essentially differ . The Hindūs have likewise adopted the division of the ecliptic and zodiac into twelve signs , or constella ...
... nearly the same stars , which constitute the lunar mansions of the Arabians : but , in a few instances , they essentially differ . The Hindūs have likewise adopted the division of the ecliptic and zodiac into twelve signs , or constella ...
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... nearly in twenty - seven days , and so makes an actual division of that circle into twenty - seven equal parts . These constellations are far from in- * See Voyages dans les Mers de l'Inde , par M. le Gentil . Astronomie Indienne et ...
... nearly in twenty - seven days , and so makes an actual division of that circle into twenty - seven equal parts . These constellations are far from in- * See Voyages dans les Mers de l'Inde , par M. le Gentil . Astronomie Indienne et ...
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... scientific proofs only . In the Siamese tables , " the motions of the moon are deduced by certain intercala- tions , from a period of nineteen years , in VOL . II . с which she makes nearly 235 revolutions ; and it is OF THE HINDŪS . 17.
... scientific proofs only . In the Siamese tables , " the motions of the moon are deduced by certain intercala- tions , from a period of nineteen years , in VOL . II . с which she makes nearly 235 revolutions ; and it is OF THE HINDŪS . 17.
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Quintin Craufurd. which she makes nearly 235 revolutions ; and it is curious to find at Siam , the know- ledge of that cycle , of which the invention was thought to do so much honour to the Athenian astronomer Meton , and which makes so ...
Quintin Craufurd. which she makes nearly 235 revolutions ; and it is curious to find at Siam , the know- ledge of that cycle , of which the invention was thought to do so much honour to the Athenian astronomer Meton , and which makes so ...
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... nearly with its chord . This supposition holds only for places in low latitudes ; and the rule which is founded on it , though it may safely be applied in countries between the tropics , in those which are more remote from the equator ...
... nearly with its chord . This supposition holds only for places in low latitudes ; and the rule which is founded on it , though it may safely be applied in countries between the tropics , in those which are more remote from the equator ...
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