The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c10.2

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c10.2

¹ In 1734 Father Boudier, who helped Jai Singh, obtained 28° 37' N. and 75° 0' East of Paris for the Delhi observatory. Rennel quotes Boudier as giving longitude 77° 40'. (The longitude of the Paris observatory is 2 30' 13·5" E. of Greenwich.) Hunter gives Lat. 28 37' 36" and Long. 77 2' 27" E. For the latitude Jai Singh obtained 28 39' 0". See page 129.

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