The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c6.s1.3
The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c6.s1.3
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c6.s1.3
10. The type of astrolabe principally used by Jai Singh was the flat astrolabe or *astrolabium planisphaerum*, in Arabic called *Zāt al-Ṣafā’iḥ* (‘Consisting of tablets’) like ‘Jaipur A’ and ‘Jaipur B,’ to which the following description particularly applies.