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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
his Notes in Bengal, Nepaul, etc, gives sketches of the sun-dials in the Observatory of Benares. This observatory was built by Jey Sing, Rajah of Jayanagar, upwards of 200 years ago. His skill in mathematical science was so great that the Emperor Mohammed Shah employed him to reform the calendar. He also built the observatories of Delhi, Matra on the Jumna, and Oujein. The Narcc-inla, or equatorial sun-dial, has a face 26 inches in diameter; the Scmrat-yunta, or equinoctial sun-dial, has a e Regent Duke of Orleans, in 1717, for £ 135,000. Weighed when rough, 400 carats; cut to 136 1/2 carats. Napoleon placed it in the hilt of his sword. Koh-i-noor. Seen by Tavernier in 1665, in the possession of the Great Mogul. Seized by Nadir Shah, in 1739, at the taking of Delhi. Became the property of Runjeet Sing. Captured by the English at the taking of the Punjab. Presented to the Queen by the East India Company, in 1850; weighed in the rough 800 carats, cut to 186 1/16 carats; recu
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
is used for puttying, etc. The diamond is crystallized carbon. Diamonds were first brought to Europe from the mine of Sumbalpoor. The Golconda mines were discovered in 1534. The mines of Brazil in 1728. Those in the Ural in 1829. The great Russian diamond weighs 193 carats; cost, £ 104,166 13 s. 4 d. in 1772. The Pitt diamond weighed 136 carats; sold to the king of France for £ 125,000, in 1720. The Koh-i-noor was found in 1550. It belonged in turn to Shah Jehan, AurungZebe, Nadir Shah, the Afghans, Runjeet-Singh, and Queen Victoria, 1850. It originally weighed 800 carats, was cut down to 289 carats by an unskilful Italian, and then to 102 1/4 carats to perfect its shape. See diamond. Pliny speaks of adamant as the hardest of all materials, and it may mean the uncut diamond. We do not know that diamond-cutting was practiced, and it is not certain that diamond-dust was employed in gem cutting and engraving, although there are several indications of its use. He says; D