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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
the last is the least distinctly phallic. Native Observatory at Benares. The native observatory at Benares, India, is an elevated terrBenares, India, is an elevated terrace, and will afford us a good idea of the probable appearance of the observatories of Ancient Chaldea; of the Caliph Almanza; of Uleg Beg, grinople. Sir Robert Barker's description of the observatory of Benares is as follows: We entered this building, and went up a staircase tr probably a Kranti-urit, or azimuth circle, in the observatory at Benares, built by Jey-Sing, Rajah of Jayanagar, upwards of 200 years ago. nals, London, 1855. The equinoctial and equatorial sun-dials of Benares are considered under dial, where it will be seen that the former h Jerusalem. See astronomical instruments, where the large dial of Benares, referred to by Dr. Hooker, is shown on the elevated terrace on thm in high respect. See armil; armillary sphere. Brass azimuth. Benares. The sun-dial of Delhi was also used as an observatory, and is
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
ts are the work of families and households. They are woven in one piece, and there is this notable peculiarity in their manufacture, that the same pattern is never again exactly reproduced; no two carpets are quite alike. The patterns are very remarkable, and their origin is unknown even to Mussulmans. The Turkey carpet pattern represents inlaid jeweled work, which accords with Eastern tales of jewels and diamonds. In British India the carpet manufacture is carried on extensively. At Benares and Moorshedabad are produced velvet carpets with gold embroidery. A very elaborate carpet sent from Cashmere to the London exhibition by Maharajah Goolah Singh was composed entirely of silk, and excited great admiration. In every square foot of this carpet, we are informed, there were at least 10,000 ties or knots. Silk embroidered hookah carpets, cotton carpets, or satrunjees, printed cotton carpets, printed floorcloth, woolen carpets, are made in different districts of British India.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
tallic scales. Dr. Hooker, in 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 sciencstronomy, translated for the American Oriental Society, and published in their journal, Vol. VI. Equatorial sun-dial (Benares). About 771 years before the Christian Era, the Assyrian king Phul invaded Samaria. Thirty-one years afterward, Peklato, and just a little previous to the lunar eclipses observed at Babylon, as recorded by Ptolemy. Equinoctial dial (Benares). The opinions as to the construction of the dial of Ahaz vary considerably, and the Hebrew word is said, by Colonelphilologists of the nineteenth century! We adhere to the supposition that the dial of Ahaz was a structure like that of Benares. It will be noticed that the chronicler does not state the result in hours, but in degrees, — a mathematical mode of
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
; instrument for drawing. A stair with double risers is economical of room. Each foot treads its own side of the stairs, ascending a riser at each step, and only advancing at each second step. Spiral stair. Artificial flights of steps are among the most ancient monuments. The pyramids themselves, now that the envelope which filled the steps has worn off, form the most magnificent artificial flights of steps in the world. The stairs at the Nilometer of Elephanta, and those of Benares on the Ganges, are other notable examples; the former are mentioned by Strabo. Double-riser stairs. Stairs are mentioned several times in the Bible, as are also steps; the steps of the altar, of the king's throne, etc. Great as is the convenience of a stairs or interior flight of steps, it was a comparatively uncommon thing until a recent date, except in the form of a ladder. The ladder is once referred to in the Bible, in the vision of Jacob, but may be presumed to have been q