Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; Or, The Mogul Empire: With an Introduction, Illustrative of the Geography and Present Division of that Country: and a Map of the Countries Situated Between the Head of the Indus, and the Caspian SeaM. Brown, 1788 - 295 pages |
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Page iv
... longitude , taken by Capt . Huddart , along the Malabaṛ coaft , or western coaft of India , the form of the penin- fula , & c . is now brought very near to the truth : and the eastern coaft , by the observations of Col. Pearse , is much ...
... longitude , taken by Capt . Huddart , along the Malabaṛ coaft , or western coaft of India , the form of the penin- fula , & c . is now brought very near to the truth : and the eastern coaft , by the observations of Col. Pearse , is much ...
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... longitude : and his revenue exceeds 32 millions of pounds fterling , in a country where the products of the earth are about four times as cheap as in England . But fo weighty a fceptre could only be wielded by a hand like Aurungzebe's ...
... longitude : and his revenue exceeds 32 millions of pounds fterling , in a country where the products of the earth are about four times as cheap as in England . But fo weighty a fceptre could only be wielded by a hand like Aurungzebe's ...
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... longitude and la titude , as from its having a measured line of confiderable extent stretching from it both to the east and weft . I shall first pursue the route weftward to the mouth of the Indus ; and then return to Balafore , and go ...
... longitude and la titude , as from its having a measured line of confiderable extent stretching from it both to the east and weft . I shall first pursue the route weftward to the mouth of the Indus ; and then return to Balafore , and go ...
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... longitude repeatedly taken at Calcutta and Madras . The whole extent of Col. Pearfe's measured line , in road distance , was near 900 British miles ; a work of no small labour . The longitude of Fort William , the citadel of Calcutta ...
... longitude repeatedly taken at Calcutta and Madras . The whole extent of Col. Pearfe's measured line , in road distance , was near 900 British miles ; a work of no small labour . The longitude of Fort William , the citadel of Calcutta ...
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... longitude of Madras , would be 80 ° 17 ' 44 " . Here is found an ex- cess of about 7 minutes difference of longitude , more than the ob- fervations give . But in examining the map abovementioned , it ap- pears that the difference of ...
... longitude of Madras , would be 80 ° 17 ' 44 " . Here is found an ex- cess of about 7 minutes difference of longitude , more than the ob- fervations give . But in examining the map abovementioned , it ap- pears that the difference of ...
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