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country, i fctisctkh —-^ miles, we get 6'/2Sfarsctkh; and
reckoning i farsctkh = 16,000 yards, as is mentioned by
'Page 234. Yakub, we get ^046 fctrsctkh. Eeckoning i yojana =
32,000 yards, we get 2523 yojanas.
Distances of The following table is borrowed from the book of
the planets ^7- ti at ti t-a -i
frointhe YaKUD iDn iariK :—
centre ofthe
earth, and
their dia¬
meters, ac¬
cording to
Yakiib Ibn
Tarik.
Page 23s.
The conventional
,neti
Their distances from the
measures of the
distances, differing
Their constant
measures, based
on the radius of
the earth = r.
'he pla
centre of the earth, and their
according to time
diameters.
and place, reckoned
in farsakh, i farsakh
c-i
= 16,000 yards.
Radius of the earth
1,050
I
«■ i
The smallest distance .
37,500
35f
§
The middle distance
48,500
46/T
^ i
The greatest distance .
S9,ooo
56A
Diameter of the moon
5,000
4lf
k> ,
The smallest distance .
64,000
6o|^
3 \
0 <
The middle distance
164,000
i56^T
a> 1
The greatest distance .
264,000
25if
Diameter of Mercury
5,000
,10
4-5'T
§ f
The smallest distance .
269,000
2562*1
M
The middle distance . .
709,500
675f
!^l
The greatest distance .
1,150,000
i,o95A
Diameter of Venus
20,000
i9^V
. (
The smallest distance .
1,170,000-
i,ii4f
M
The middle distance
1,690,000
i,6o9-^-{-
rM [
The greatest distance .
2,210,000
2,I04|f
Diameter of the Sun .
20,000
I9¥T
«■ f
The smallest distance .
2,230,000
2,123-2-x
s\
The middle distance
5,315,000
5,061^4
s I
The greatest distance
8,400,000
8,000
Diameter of Mars
20,000
19^1
g (
The smallest distance .
8,420,000
8,oi9Jt
•s.i
The middle distance
11,410,000
io,866|
S^
The greatest distance .
14,400,000
I3,7i4f
t-3
Diameter of Jupiter .
20,000
i9yV
s {
The smallest distance .
14,420,000
i3,733i
a }
The middle distance
16,220,000
i5,447ff-
^ (
The greatest distance .
18,020,000
i7,i6Uf
Diameter of Saturn .
20,000
19A
« (
The radius of the outside
20,000,000
I9,047if
The radius of the inside
19.962,000
i,866| (sic)
Zodia
Its circumference from
the outside
125,664,000
|