Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.14
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c8.14
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| Dimensions of the Larger Equinoctial Sun-dial (Figures II and III) | | |
| | Feet | In. |
| Length of the gnomon at the base *b b*, | 34 | 8 |
| Oblique length of the gnomon *c c*, | 38 | 8 |
| Radius of the quadrants *a a*, | 9 | 2 |
| Height of the gnomon at *d*, | 22 | 3 |
| Breadth of the quadrants *f f*, | 5 | 10 |
| Thickness *g g*, | 1 | 0 |
| Breadth of the gnomon *b b*, | 4 | 6 |
| Whole extent of the instrument *i i*, | 37 | 4 |
| Latitude of the place taken by double altitude 25°10'. | | |