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 58
... containing a property of quadrilateral figures inscribed in a circle , which he seems to have investi- gated on purpose , and which is still distin- guished by his name . This proposition com- prehends in fact Euclid's , and of course ...
... containing a property of quadrilateral figures inscribed in a circle , which he seems to have investi- gated on purpose , and which is still distin- guished by his name . This proposition com- prehends in fact Euclid's , and of course ...
Page 61
... contain the principles of a science , of which the first rudiments are not older in Greece than 130 years before The bare existence of trigono- metrical tables , though they belong un- doubtedly to a very elementary branch of science ...
... contain the principles of a science , of which the first rudiments are not older in Greece than 130 years before The bare existence of trigono- metrical tables , though they belong un- doubtedly to a very elementary branch of science ...
Page 70
... grammar of the Sanscrit language contains rules applicable to the anomalies of the ancient dialect . The many and vo- luminous commentaries on that , and on other parts of the grammar , abound in examples cited 70 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... grammar of the Sanscrit language contains rules applicable to the anomalies of the ancient dialect . The many and vo- luminous commentaries on that , and on other parts of the grammar , abound in examples cited 70 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
Page 72
Quintin Craufurd. by ancient authors , * on religious ceremo- > nies , contain , in every line , references to passages of the Vedas . Commentaries on these aphorisms cite the passages at greater length . Separate treatises also ...
Quintin Craufurd. by ancient authors , * on religious ceremo- > nies , contain , in every line , references to passages of the Vedas . Commentaries on these aphorisms cite the passages at greater length . Separate treatises also ...
Page 73
... reference to the Vedas . Me- dical writers sometimes cite them ; and even annotators on profane poets occasion- ally refer to this authority , in explaining passages cred text . which contain allusions to the sa- OF THE HINDUS . 73.
... reference to the Vedas . Me- dical writers sometimes cite them ; and even annotators on profane poets occasion- ally refer to this authority , in explaining passages cred text . which contain allusions to the sa- OF THE HINDUS . 73.
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