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It is instructed that using the methods of the previous chapter the diameter of a circle whose circumference is given by 21,600 minutes be calculated; and halving the diameter the corresponding radius be found.1 Then we are instructed to draw a circle of this radius.
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Sarma, K.V., Ramasubramanian, K., Srinivas, M.D., Sriram, M.S. (2008). Derivation of Sines. In: Gaṇita-Yukti-Bhāṣā (Rationales in Mathematical Astronomy) of Jyeṣṭhadeva. Culture and History of Mathematics. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-36-1_15
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