The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c8.6

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c8.6

In 1790 R. Burrow related that he “Compared an Astrolabe in the Nagri character (brought by Dr. Mackinon from Jaynagur) with Chaucer’s description, and found them to agree most minutely, “even the centre pin, which Chaucer calls ‘the horse,’ has a horse’s head upon it in the instrument.”²

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