The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.8

c15.8

¹ The question of Chinese influence has not been considered; but it is interesting to note that, in the seventeenth century, the French Jesuits helped the Chinese in their astronomy; and at Peking, a few years ago, were several large instruments, supposed to be designed by Father Verbiest, copied from those of Tycho Brahe, and also some Muslim instruments of an earlier date. See G. Forbes *History of Astronomy*, pp. 75-77.