A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy From the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I
- PART II
- APPENDIX
- I Hindu Tables of Equations, &c. for calculating the true Heliocentric and Geocentric Places of the Planets, &c
- II Remarks on the Chinese Astronomy, proving, from their Lunar Mansions, that the Science is much more modern among them than is generally believed. The names of their Constellations are added, with the Stars in each
- III Translations of certain Heiroglyphics, which hitherto have been called (though erroneously) the Zodiacs of Dendera in Egypt
- Plate Section
II - Remarks on the Chinese Astronomy, proving, from their Lunar Mansions, that the Science is much more modern among them than is generally believed. The names of their Constellations are added, with the Stars in each
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I
- PART II
- APPENDIX
- I Hindu Tables of Equations, &c. for calculating the true Heliocentric and Geocentric Places of the Planets, &c
- II Remarks on the Chinese Astronomy, proving, from their Lunar Mansions, that the Science is much more modern among them than is generally believed. The names of their Constellations are added, with the Stars in each
- III Translations of certain Heiroglyphics, which hitherto have been called (though erroneously) the Zodiacs of Dendera in Egypt
- Plate Section
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- A Historical View of the Hindu AstronomyFrom the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time, pp. 231 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1825