 On examining and comparing the calculations of these tables with actual observation it appeared there was an error in the former, in assigning the moon's place, of half a degree ; although the error in the other planets was not so great, yet the times...  India, Past and Present - Page 137by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1799 - 470 pages
...' tables, with aclual ob* fervation, it appeared ' there was an error in the ' former, in afiigning the * moon's place, of half a ' degree : although the ' error in the other pla' nets was not fo great, yet ' the times of iolir and lu( nar eclipfes he found to 1 come out later... | |
 | James Tod - 1873 - 798 pages
...comparing the calculations of these tables (says thu " Rajpoot prince) with actual observation, it appeared there was an " error in the former, in assigning the...great, yet the " times of solar and lunar eclipses hef found to come out later or " earlier than the truth by the fourth part of a ghurry, or fifteen... | |
 | Pramatha Nath Bose - 1896 - 332 pages
...comparing the calculations of these tables ^says the Rajpoot prince) with actual observation, it appeared there was an error, in the former, in assigning the moon's place of half a degree ; although the errors in the other planets was not so great, yet the times of solar and lunar eclipses he found to... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - 1903 - 392 pages
...: " On examining and comparing the calculations of these tables with actual observation it appeared there was an error in the former, in assigning the...great, yet the times of solar and lunar eclipses he " (Jey Sing speaks of himself in the third person) " found to come out later or earlier than the truth... | |
 | Carlton Stubbs - 1907 - 266 pages
...these tables with actual observations," translates Tod from the Prince's own account, " it appeared there was an error in the former in assigning the...great, yet the times of solar and lunar eclipses he (it should be noted that Jai Singh always speaks of himself in the third person) found to come out... | |
 | Sardār ʻAli Khān (Saiyid) - 1908 - 178 pages
..." On examining and comparing the calculation of these tables with actual observations, it appeared there was an error in the former, in assigning the...great, yet the times of solar, and lunar eclipses, he found (Jai Singh always wrote of himself in the third person) to come out later or earlier than the... | |
 | George Rusby Kaye - 1920 - 154 pages
...anterior to those;4 on examining and comparing the calculations of these tables with actual observations it appeared that there was an error in the former...planets was not so great, yet the times of solar and 1 Uraniborg (Tycho Brahe's observatory) in 1576 ; Leiden 1632 ; Paris 1667 ; Greenwich 1675 ; Berlin... | |
 | Virendra Nath Sharma - 1995 - 378 pages
...comparing the calculations of these tables (European tables), with actual observation, it appeared there was an error in the former, in assigning the...great, yet the times of solar and lunar eclipses he found to come out later or earlier than the truth, by the fourth part of a ghatika or 15 palas. "'... | |
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