Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c17.12

Language: English

c17.12

Pliny, the Roman of the first century A.D., noticed the industrial position of the Hindús as paramount in the world. India maintained the same position even in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when the modern European nations began to come into intimate touch with her. This long-standing industrial hegemony of the Hindus was due to their capacity for harnessing the energies of Nature to minister to the well-being of man. They made several important discoveries in chemical technology. These may be generalized ⁵⁹ into three:

Previous: c17.11
Next: c17.13
Up: c17