Celestial Mirror
The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh II
ISBN: HB: 9780300246278,
Yale University Press,
June 2020
168 pp., 26,6x22,8 cm, 163 colour illus.
168 pp., 26,6x22,8 cm, 163 colour illus.
Between 1724 and 1730, Maharajah Sawaii Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories, called Jantar Mantars, in northern India. The four remaining observatories are an extraordinary fusion of architecture and science, combining...
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