 | 1799 - 470 pages
...the Hindus originally came, provided they are, as is generally fuppofed, the inventors of the fyftem under confideration here. The farther we recede from...artificial day commences with the dawn, and clofes jufl after fun-fet, it becomes neceflaryto makethe^#£«r.ror watches contract and expand occafionally,... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - Archaeology - 1807 - 458 pages
...the Hindus originally came, provided they are, as is generally fuppofed, the inventors of the fyftem under confideration here. The farther we recede from...the dawn, and clofes juft after fun-fet, it becomes neceffary to make the puhurs, or watches, contract and expand occafionally, in proportion to the length... | |
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... each. For nations under or near the equator, this horological arrangement -will prove convenient enough, and may yet be adduced as one argument for afcertaining with more precifion the country whence the Hindus originally came, provided they are,... 