OBSERVATORY. 
of any of the heavenly a in mead Pea over the me- 
on the f thef : thefe 
circular hone: in 
ne. There is alfo a brafs circle, about two 
ameter, moving vertically on two pivots between two 
fone pillars, having an index or hand turning round hori- 
zontally.on the centre of this circle. This inftrument ap- 
pears to ‘ea ne ie taking the angle of a ftar at fetting or 
rifing, or for taking the azimuth or amplitude of the fun at 
rifing or fetting. 
“The ufe of another inftrument I was at a lofs to guefs. 
It confilts of two circular walls; the out which is 
yet both circles are : divided into 360 degrees, each degree 
ies ei a a 20 {mall divifions, the fame as the 
Ther a door-way to pafs into the inner 
per wa ll in it. 
. ca age will bea ami th 
There is alfo. a ‘ale equine fun- 
one. 
f=4 
.B 
3 
rf: 
rt) 
- elke 
at ‘i fach places fhould be ere&ted; one 
€ Some doubts 
v at Agra, and the third at Benares. 
to them by their mph ol the ore 
the fun and moon, and regularly as 
information to fee emperor and the prin 
SE Loerie ae ee vol, lxvii. 
<2 
33 
; 177. 
in which he gives a full and promt dteecdon "OE the 
other four Hindu. obfervatories, and refers oecafionally 
to fir Robert Barker’s defcription and plates. 
Mr. Hunter’s article begins. otk an account of the origin 
of thofe obfervatories, and he gives a tran{cript of gland 6 
preface to his aftronomical computations in the original 
language, with a literal tranflation. This preface poss se 
an account of the aftronomer’s labours and plans, and alfo 
of his conference with the emperor on the fubjeét of building 
the obfervatories. As the paper is extremely interefting 
and curious, and alfo pees with our fubje&, we fhall 
of the moft hig 
« But fee (Jeyfing) the well-wifher of the works of 
creation, and the a miring {peat or of the theatre of in- 
vidence, from the fi 
* © &* & € & 
‘“s His majefty was pleafed to reply, ¢ Since you, who are 
learned in the myfteries of {cience, have a perfect knowledge 
of this matter ; having affembled the aftronomers and geo- 
metricians of the faith of Iflam say the Bramins and Pan- 
dits, and the aftronomers ef Europe, ~ having prepared 
o labour for the 
the martyr prince, w fins 
Beg to the prefent, which paige reh 
than 300 years, ha ne of the k 
power and digetty> turned his attention to this obje& ; yet, 
to accomplifh the exalted command which he had received, 
he (Jeyfing) b ound the girdle of refolution about the loins 
of his foul, ‘and posse Sart) here (at Delhi) feveral : - in- 
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