The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c10.82
The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c10.82
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Next comes Syed Aḥmad Khān's description,² which was translated by Garçin de Tassy.³ This account is not very reliable, but the original work contains some rough, but valuable, drawings of the instruments. We read: "Now this observatory has fallen into ruin; all the instruments are broken, and all traces of the lines of division have disappeared, etc."