300 Scientific Intelligence. ; 
sistant, and it illustrates, as we see from the accompanying criticisms, 
the negligence and looseness with which the methods of their books 
are applied in practice by the native astronomers. 
ne of the most interesting chapters is that which relates to the nak- 
shatras, or lunar asterisms, a series of star-groups, twenty-eight in num- 
ber, encircling the sphere, and seemingly known to the Hindus from a 
as they are and fond of speculation, they have never shown an er 
for the study of external nature, and could not have made the exact an 
homical observations. The division of the circle also presents traces of 
i are found 
Greek origin; and the Greek names for minute, hour, centre, 
8 ; 
really valuable improvement by substituting, in their calculations, the sines 
chor ic the Greek mathe’ aticlans- 
We must add, however, that Mr. Burgess does not accept these con- 
clusions. In a note appended to the article, he sets fo: is dissenting 
views, maintaining the originality of the Hindu science, and content”, 
that the features common to the two systems were either developed * 
Seeeodently in both countries, or were imported into Greece from "* 
t. we 
The value of the work is much increased by a copious index, ¥ 
farnishes to those who may not care to study it as a whole, the 1 
of finding readily all that it contains on any particular topic. 
