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Eratosthenes' Proportion - Measure The Diameter Of The Earth, Stephen E. Schneider Jan 2007

Eratosthenes' Proportion - Measure The Diameter Of The Earth, Stephen E. Schneider

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Objective: To use a midday shadow on or close to the day of an Equinox to calculate Earth’s Polar Circumference.

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