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# Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c12.6

Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c12.6

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### [c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12.6)

"Bhaskara, in computing the instantaneous motion of a planet compares its successive positions, and regards its motion as constant during the interval (which of course cannot be greater than a \*truti\* of time, i.e., 1/3375th part of a second, though it may be infinitely less).”

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