The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c6.s1.t1.14

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Longest days and latitudes.—The latitude for the particular tablet is generally written just below the *ufk* or oblique horizon, *EWH*, on the right of the meridian line; while, in the corresponding place on the left of the meridian the length of the longest day of the year for the particular latitude is generally given. In figure 18, for example, we have