Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c14.8

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c14.8

6. Annual precession of the equinoxes, 7. Relative size of the sun and the moon as compared with the earth, 8. The greatest equation of the centre for the sun: With regard to these calculations, the Hindus "are more nearly correct than the Greeks."³

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