[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918) › c5.56 # The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c5.56 The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c5.56 - **Language:** English ### [c5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.56) ¹ Cf. Alberuni \*Chronology of Ancient Nations\* (p. 11), who writes: "It is impossible to fix the parts of the greatest circle by means of the parts of the smallest circle. I refer to the smallness of the instruments of observation in comparison with the vastness of the bodies which are to be observed. On this subject I have enlarged in my book called \*Kitāb-al-istishhād bikhtilāj-al 'arṣād.\*" L.P.E.A. Sédillot \[p. cxxix\] gives the following interesting quotations: "Si j'avais pu, disait Eln-Carfa, faire un cercle qui s'appuyat d'un coté sur les Pyramides et de l'autre sur le mont Mocattam, je l'aurais fait; car plus l'instrument est grand, plus les operations sont justes." - [Previous: c5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.55) - [Next: c5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.57) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c5.56) · Pramāṇa