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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... rule by which they are determined . " " Another topic , relative to the zodiac , and connected with astrology , remains to be noticed . I allude to the Dreshcanas answering to the Decani of European as- trologers . The Hindūs , like the ...
... rule by which they are determined . " " Another topic , relative to the zodiac , and connected with astrology , remains to be noticed . I allude to the Dreshcanas answering to the Decani of European as- trologers . The Hindūs , like the ...
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... rules by which the phoenomena of eclipses are deduced from the places of the * Playfair , in Trans . of the Royal Society of Edin- burgh , vol . ii . p . 144 . + Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , p . 4 , 5 . sun and moon , have the ...
... rules by which the phoenomena of eclipses are deduced from the places of the * Playfair , in Trans . of the Royal Society of Edin- burgh , vol . ii . p . 144 . + Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , p . 4 , 5 . sun and moon , have the ...
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... rules , as found among the Brahmins at Tirvalore , M. le Gentil has given a full account . We have also an account ... rule by which the Brahmins resolve this problem , is ex- tremely simple and ingenious . At the place for which they ...
... rules , as found among the Brahmins at Tirvalore , M. le Gentil has given a full account . We have also an account ... rule by which the Brahmins resolve this problem , is ex- tremely simple and ingenious . At the place for which they ...
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... rule involves the supposition , that when the sun's declina- tion is given , the same ratio every where exists between the arch which measures the increase of the day at any place , and ... rules have served to 20 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... rule involves the supposition , that when the sun's declina- tion is given , the same ratio every where exists between the arch which measures the increase of the day at any place , and ... rules have served to 20 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. " As some of the former rules have served to fix the time , so does this , in some measure , to ascertain the place , of its invention . It is the simplification of a general rule , adapted to the circumstances of the ...
Quintin Craufurd. " As some of the former rules have served to fix the time , so does this , in some measure , to ascertain the place , of its invention . It is the simplification of a general rule , adapted to the circumstances of the ...
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