The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.s3.8
The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.s3.8
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78. The Hindus, Arabs and Europeans all derived the fundamentals of their astronomical science from the Greeks. It was the Hindus who first profited by Greek experience, then the Arabs and lastly the Europeans. The last, indeed, obtained their knowledge of Greek astronomy primarily through the Arabs.