Semrat-yunta, or Equinoctial dial; No. 3, an Equatorial
dial, probably a Kranti-urit, or Azimuth circle*
Jey Sing s genius and love of science seem, according
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1 . EQUATORIAL SUN-DIAL.
(DIAMETER OP PACE OP DIAL, 2 PEET 2 INCHES.)
to Hunter, to have descended to some of his family,
who died early in this century, when “ Urania fled
before the brazen-fronted Mars, and the best of the
* Hunter, in As. Soc. Researches, 177 (Calcutta) ; Sir R. Barker, in
Phil. Trans., lxvii. 608 (1777); J. L. Williams, Phil. Trans., lxxxiii. 45
(1793).
observatories, that of Oujein, was turned into an arsenal
and cannon foundry.”
The observatory is still the most interesting object
2. EQUINOCTIAL SUN-DIAL.
(LENGTH OF GNOMON, 39 FEET ; OF EACH QUADRANT, 9 FEET .)
in Benares, though it is now dirty and ruinous, and the
great stone instriunents are rapidly crumbling away.
The building is square, with a central court and flat
