Friday, January 25, 2008

SAWAI JAI SINGH

HE WAS BORN IN 1686 IN JAIPUR.TWO FUNDAMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAI SINGH ARE THE MEASUREMENT OF THE PRECESSION OF EQUINOXES AND THE MEASUREMENT OF OBLIQUITY OF ECLIPS.HE DESIGNED INSTRUMENTS BY HIMSELF WHICH INCLUDED SAMRAT YANTRA AND RAMA YANTRA AND HE MADE HIS OBSERVATORY AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED IN STUDYING ASTRONOMY,THEREBY MAKING SCIENCE POPULAR

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