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The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c2.13

The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c2.13

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c2.13

| 8. List of instruments examined . . . . . | 16 |
| 9. The astrolabe . . . . . | 17 |
| 10. Astrolabium planisphaerum . . . . . | 17 |
| 11. Astrolabe tablets . . . . . | 18 |
|  (i) Almucantarats . . . . . | 19 |
|  (ii) Azimuths . . . . . | 19 |
|  (iii) Temporal hour lines . . . . . | 19 |
|  (iv) Equal hour lines . . . . . | 19 |
|  (v) 'Houses' . . . . . | 19 |
|  (vi) Latitudes and longest days . . . . . | 20 |
|  (vii) Tablet of horizons . . . . . | 20 |
|  (viii) Tablet of celestial latitudes and longitudes . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
|  (ix) Other tablets . . . . . | 20 |
| 12. The '*ankabūt*' or *aranea* . . . . . | 21 |