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# The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c2.9

The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c2.9

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### [c2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.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 |

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