Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c4: Contents
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c4
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An introduction to the Collected Writings of Dharampal | i --- | --- Acknowledgements | xxi Introduction | 1 Part I: SCIENCE | 37 I. Bramin’s Observatory at Benares (AD 1777) | 39 II. Remarks on the Astronomy of the Brahmins (AD 1970) | 48 III. Hints Concerning the Observatory at Benares (cir 1783) | 94 IV. On the Sixth Satellite of Saturn (AD 1783) | 107 V. A Proof that the Hindoos had the Binomial Theorem (1790) | 113 VI. Hindu Algebra (AD 1817) | 121 Part II: TECHNOLOGY | 147 VII. Operation of Inoculation of the Smallpox as Performed in Be ngal (AD 1731) | 149 VIII. An Account of the Manner of Inoculating for the Smallpox in the East Indies (AD 1767) | 151 IX. The Method of Making the Best Mortar at Madrass in East India (AD 1732) | 167 X. The Process of Making Ice in the East Indies (AD 1775) | 171
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XI. Uses of the Son and Manufacturing of the Hindostan Paper (AD 1774) 175
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XII. Indian Agriculture 180
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XIII. On the Drill Husbandry of Southern India (AD 1795) 203
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XIV. Iron Works at Ramanakapettah (AD 1795) 209
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XV. The Mode of Manufacturing Iron in Central India (cir 1829) 213
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XVI. Manufacture of Bar Iron in Southern India (AD 1842) 241
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XVII. Aspects of Technology in Western India (AD 1790-1801) 252
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Appendices
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(i) Sources 260
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(ii) Biographical Notes on Authors 263
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List of illustrations:
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Figures I-III on pages 42, 45 & 46 respectively relate to Chapter I
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Diagram I on page 176 relates to Chapter XI
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Figures I & II on pages 206 and 207 respectively relate to Chapter XIII
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Diagrams I-VII on pages 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 230 & 232 respectively relate to Chapter XV