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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... respect to be true , must have been the effect of that convulsion . By digging about eighteen feet deep , on the spot where the ancient city stood , walls of build- ings are found entire , columns , utensils of various kinds , and ...
... respect to be true , must have been the effect of that convulsion . By digging about eighteen feet deep , on the spot where the ancient city stood , walls of build- ings are found entire , columns , utensils of various kinds , and ...
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... respects they differ from each other ; but he is neverthe- less of opinion that they must have had one common origin . He says : The coincidence appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the ...
... respects they differ from each other ; but he is neverthe- less of opinion that they must have had one common origin . He says : The coincidence appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the ...
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... respect to its equa tion is but 2 ' . * " The obliquity of the ecliptic is another element in which the Indian astronomy and the European do not agree , but where their difference is exactly such as the high antiquity of the former is ...
... respect to its equa tion is but 2 ' . * " The obliquity of the ecliptic is another element in which the Indian astronomy and the European do not agree , but where their difference is exactly such as the high antiquity of the former is ...
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... respect to each of them , between their astronomy and ours , might singly , perhaps , be ascribed to inaccuracy ; but that three errors , which chance had introduced , should be all of such magni- tude as to suit exactly the same ...
... respect to each of them , between their astronomy and ours , might singly , perhaps , be ascribed to inaccuracy ; but that three errors , which chance had introduced , should be all of such magni- tude as to suit exactly the same ...
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... respect of the equinox , as represented in the Indian zodiac ; from the length of the solar year , and lastly from the position and form of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn , as well as their mean motions ; in all of which , the tables ...
... respect of the equinox , as represented in the Indian zodiac ; from the length of the solar year , and lastly from the position and form of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn , as well as their mean motions ; in all of which , the tables ...
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