Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c9.154
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c9.154
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29. The accuracy of the geography of the Hindoos, is in no proportion to that of their astronomy, and, therefore, it is impossible that the identity of the meridians of their tables can be fully established. All that can be said, with certainty, is, that the difference between the meridians of the tables of Tirvalore and Siam is, at most, but inconsiderable, and may be only apparent, arising from an error in computing the difference of longitude between these places. The tables of Tirvalore are for Long.