Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins
PLAYFAIR, JOHN
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Add to basketPLAYFAIR, JOHN (1748-1819). Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins. Offprint: Trans. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, 1789. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 4 to. Orig. stitched blue-grey wrappers. 60 pp. PRESENTATION COPY appealingly inscribed by Playfair on the verso of the title page: "To the only Lady who will ever honour this Paper with a perusal it is most respectfully inscribed. J. P." One small correction by Playfair to an equation in the text. A fine copy. Best known for his 'Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the Earth' (1802), a landmark in British geology, this is Playfair's third scientific paper published in the journal which he edited. Playfair compares in detail the accuracy of four sets of early astronomical tables from India with those of European origin, eg. Cassini, Mayer Bailly, Ptolemy. The methods of Lagrange Laplace, Delalande, etc. are frequently employed. Playfair's "Lady" (Caroline Herschel?) must have had a known interest in the subject to have been expected to appreciate this paper.
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