{"id":25436,"date":"2024-10-30T00:27:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=25436"},"modified":"2024-10-30T02:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T02:46:59","slug":"the-constructions-and-these-tables-imply-a-great-knowledge-of-geometryarithmetic-and-even-of-the-theoretical-part-of-astronomy-but-what-without-doubt-is-to-be-accountedthe-greatest-refine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=25436","title":{"rendered":"The Constructions and these tables imply a great knowledge of\u00a0geometry,arithmetic and even of the theoretical part of astronomy.But what,\u00a0without doubt is to be accounted,the greatest refinement in this system, is\u00a0the hypothesis employed in calculating the equation of the centre for the\u00a0Sun,Moon and the planets that of a circular orbit having a double\u00a0eccentricity or having its centre in the middle between the earth and the\u00a0point about which the angular motion is uniform.If to this we add the great\u00a0extent of the geometrical knowledge required to combine this and the other\u00a0principles of their astronomy together and to deduce from them the just\u00a0conclusion;the possession of a calculus equivalent to trigonometry and\u00a0lastly their approximation to the quadrature of the circle, we shall be\u00a0astonished at the magnitude of that body of science which must have\u00a0enlightened the inhabitants of India in some remote age and which whatever\u00a0it may have communicated to the Western nations appears to have received\u00a0another from them….”\u00a0 – John Playfair about Indian Maths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n