The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c2.9

c2.9

| 1. Jai Singh's career . . . . . | 1 |
| 2. Astronomical works consulted by Jai Singh . . . . . . . . . . | 2 |
|  (i) The *Almagest* . . . . . | 2 |
|  (ii) Treatises on the astrolabe . . . . . | 3 |
|  (iv) La Hire's *Tabulae Astronomicae* . . . . . | 4 |
|  (v) Flamsteed's *Historia Coelestis Britannica* . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
|  (vi) Works by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsi and Jamshīd Kāśī . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
|  (vii) Other works . . . . . | 5 |
| 3. Personal assistance rendered to Jai Singh . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |