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 38
... never think of doing so , by substi- tuting , instead of quantities which they had observed , others which they had no reason to believe had ever existed . The elements in question are precisely what these astronomers must have sup ...
... never think of doing so , by substi- tuting , instead of quantities which they had observed , others which they had no reason to believe had ever existed . The elements in question are precisely what these astronomers must have sup ...
Page 44
... never to as- certain the origin of a science , which was not delivered ready written , like a book of laws , but progressively carried on and improved , through the course of numer- ous succeeding ages . distant regions of space , but ...
... never to as- certain the origin of a science , which was not delivered ready written , like a book of laws , but progressively carried on and improved , through the course of numer- ous succeeding ages . distant regions of space , but ...
Page 58
... never considered Euclid's theorem , though he was probably not ignorant of it , as having any connexion with the matter he had in hand . He therefore founded his calcula- tions on another proposition , containing a property of ...
... never considered Euclid's theorem , though he was probably not ignorant of it , as having any connexion with the matter he had in hand . He therefore founded his calcula- tions on another proposition , containing a property of ...
Page 68
... never- theless , proper to state some of the reasons on which my belief of their authenticity is founded . It appears necessary to do so , since a late author has abruptly pronounced the Vedas to be forgeries . " * It has been already ...
... never- theless , proper to state some of the reasons on which my belief of their authenticity is founded . It appears necessary to do so , since a late author has abruptly pronounced the Vedas to be forgeries . " * It has been already ...
Page 95
... never been finished . On the plain at the bottom of the hill , is a village , chiefly inhabited by Brahmins . Near to it are remains of many stone edifices , and a large tank surrounded with stone steps descending from the mar- gin to ...
... never been finished . On the plain at the bottom of the hill , is a village , chiefly inhabited by Brahmins . Near to it are remains of many stone edifices , and a large tank surrounded with stone steps descending from the mar- gin to ...
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