Author: Rajawat, Daulat Singh.
Title: Astronomical Observatory of Jaipur.
Description: Jaipur, India: Delta Publications. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. 39 & [1] pages. Profuse color illustrations with a few diagrams in black & white. Near fine.

Illustrated history of the astronomical observatory at Jaipur, India, including a brief life of its founder Sawai Jai Singh, eighteenth-century king, soldier and scientist. Fine .

Keywords: ASTRONOMY; INDIA; HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAIPUR; DAULAT SINGH RAJAWAT; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOUNDER OF INDIAN OBSERVATORIES; LIFE OF SAWAI JAI SINGH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY KING; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCIENTIST; THEORY OF JANTA MANTAR; ASTRO

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