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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II (New Series) October 1841

1841

The instrument thus formed was so placed that its exterior circle coincided with the plane of the meridian ; the interior one was then made to revolve till the shadows of that part of the limb towards the subject of observation overlapped that of the opposite part when the opening of the rings shewed the meridional distance of the luminary. [...] Fourthly.—The master of the sun's house at the beginning of the year if the year begin during the day and of that of the moon if the year begin during the night. [...] Having cut of from the meridian beginning at the zenith an arc equal to the sum or diffeence of the latitudes and from the prime vertical an arc equal to the sum or difference of the longitudes and from the points of section having drawn perpendiculars to the arcs ; the point in which these perpendiculars meet is the zenith of Mecca. [...] The column of figures rising upwards from the margin of the plate towards the Pole belongs to the parallels the latitude of complements of which are numbered obliquely from the Equator northward on both the east and west sides. [...] Those means of illustration in several of the departments which it will be necessary to procure from England may I presume be obtained through the influence of the Court of Directors which by the establishment of the Museum of Economic Geology in Calcutta has given the strongest proof of the interest felt by it in the subject and of its willingness to aid practcally its development in
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Pages
95
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Description of a Persian Astrolabe Submitted to the Asiatic Society. by Major Pottinger. By J. Middleton Esq. Principal of the Government College at Agra
759-777 The Secretary view
Notice of the Marmot of the Himalaya and of Tibet. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal
777-778 The Secretary view
Memorandum on the Organization of a Museum of Economic Geology for the North-Western Provinces of British India to be established at Agra. By Lieut. W. Baird Smith Bengal Engineers
779-i The Secretary view
On a New Organ in the Genus Moschus. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. Resident at the Court of Nepal
795-796 The Secretary view
Extracts from a Report on Subjects Connected with Affghanistan. By Dr. Griffiths Communicated to the Editor from the Office of the Political Secretariat of India
797-815 The Secretary view
Description of another New Species of Pika (Lagomys) from the Himalaya. By Edward Blyth Curator of the Asiatic Society
816-818 The Secretary view
Literal Translation of the Dhavala Inscription. By Pundit Surodaha Prasadh
819-821 The Secretary view
Observations on a Second Inscription taken in Fac-Simile from the Neighbourhood of Mount Aboo. By Capt. Burt Bengal Establishment F. R. S.
i-ii The Secretary view
A Letter to the Secretary to the Asiatic Society on the Nurma Cotton of Bundelcund from J. G. Bruck Esq.
822-828 The Secretary view
Letter to the Editor on Lichens in the Himalayas from Henry Cope Esq.
828-833 The Secretary view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
833-844 The Secretary view
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