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Dionysodorus (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dionysodorus. Pliny the Elder writes about a Dionysodorus who measured the Earth's circumference, however he is probably the one from Pontus and different from the

Al-Farghani (1,814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century, Christopher Columbus used al-Farghani's estimate for the Earth's circumference as the basis for his voyages to America. However, Columbus mistook

Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomers (907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at measuring the Earth's circumference since Eratosthenes (circa 200 BC). Aryabhata accurately calculated the Earth's circumference as 24,835 miles, which

240 BC (473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hellenistic period Mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the Earth's circumference to be 252,000 stadia, a figure between 2%-20% off modern measurements

Metric system (4,724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

units are the quad, equal to 107 m (approximately a quadrant of the Earth's circumference), the eleventhgram, equal to 10−11 g, and the second. These were

Globus Jagellonicus (1,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

longitudes and attempted to represent the entire 360 degrees of the Earth's circumference. Waldseemüller's map was a reconciliation of the Columbian longitudes

Habash al-Hasib (874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'ād), in which some of his results included the following: Earth Earth's circumference: 20,160 miles (32,444 km) Earth's diameter: 6414.54 miles (10323

Dimensional metrology (775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fathoms, rods, cords, perch, stadia, miles and degrees of the Earth's circumference, many of which are still in use. Early Egyptian rulers were incremented

Juvisy-sur-Orge (556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

work of Jean Picard and Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in measuring the Earth's circumference. It is the burial site of author Raymond Queneau, also now represented

1736 (1,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

degree of longitude in order to make a precise calculation of the Earth's circumference. The initial measurements of this French Geodesic Mission to the

Timeline of scientific experiments (1,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

riddle of the suspect crown. 230 BC – Eratosthenes measures the Earth's circumference and diameter. Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes) introduces controlled experiment

Jack Lemley (1,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lemley died on November 29, 2021, in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 86. Earth's circumference is 24,901 miles. Hagerty, James R. (December 10, 2021). "American

1745 (2,198 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Geodesic Mission, including the first precise measurement of the Earth's circumference. His determination that the circumference is 24,854.85 miles (40

Longitude (book) (1,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

distance, one degree shrinks from 60.15 nautical miles or 111 km [Earth's circumference being 21,653.521 nautical miles, or 24,901.55 statute miles at the

String girdling Earth (657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the same radius as the offset. More formally, let c be the Earth's circumference, r its radius, Δc the added string length and Δr the added radius

Quitsato Sundial (375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was intended to equal one ten-millionth of the quadrant of the Earth's circumference. The purpose of the color difference between the stones, apart from

Hurricane John (1994) (2,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

distance traveled of 12,785 km (7,945 mi), or about 33% of the Earth's circumference, outdistancing the previous record of 7,600 kilometres (4,700 mi)

Earth–ionosphere waveguide (1,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

zeroth mode exists for waves which are an integral part of the Earth's circumference and has the frequency with the Earth's radius. The first resonance

Treaty of Zaragoza (2,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into unequal portions. Portugal's portion was roughly 191° of the Earth's circumference, whereas Spain's portion was roughly 169°. There was a ±4° margin

Radio atmospheric signal (2,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

return strokes. Their wavelengths are integral fractions of the Earth's circumference, and their resonance frequencies can thus be approximately determined

Radio atmospheric signal (2,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

return strokes. Their wavelengths are integral fractions of the Earth's circumference, and their resonance frequencies can thus be approximately determined

Aryabhata (4,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Freeman and Company. p. 70. ISBN 0-7167-4361-2. How Aryabhata got the earth's circumference right Archived 15 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine S. Balachandra

Salar de Uyuni (3,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Salar de Uyuni is less than 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) normal to the Earth's circumference, and there are few square kilometers on Earth that are as flat.

Tall Ship Atyla (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consisted on navigating 20,000 kilometres (equivalent to half the Earth's circumference) without leaving the European continent. The ship is currently in

Early world maps (8,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

effect on each other and applied also to human life. He measured the Earth's circumference by reference to the position of the star Canopus. His measure of

240s BC (3,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hellenistic period Mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the Earth's circumference to be 252,000 stadia, a figure between 2%-20% off modern measurements

Alexander Thom (2,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

books that claim this unit of measurement is a subdivision of the Earth's circumference in an alleged 366-degree geometry. One such book is 'Civilization

History of Alexandria (4,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

astronomer Hipparchus; and Eratosthenes, known for calculating the Earth's circumference and for his algorithm for finding prime numbers, who became head

Antonio Manetti (2,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

levels of the Inferno are arranged regularly, being 1/8 of the Earth's circumference apart between each level. Galileo calculated that this would lead

Geography (Ptolemy) (5,416 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

(2012). "Ptolemy's Longitudes and Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Earth's Circumference" (PDF). Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems. 1: 67–79.

Seconds pendulum (3,762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distance from the North Pole to the Equator (the quadrant of the Earth's circumference), measured along the meridian passing through Paris. Apart from

Mile (7,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This was originally based upon Ptolemy's underestimate of the Earth's circumference. The ratio of 15 Dutch miles to a degree remained fixed while the

Canopus (7,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

used observations of Canopus to calculate quite accurately the Earth's circumference, around 90 – 120 BC. In Indian Vedic literature, Canopus is associated

Mathematical coincidence (4,704 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Earth's pole and equator along the surface at sea level, and the Earth's circumference just happens to be about 2/15 of a light-second. It is also roughly

Scientific notation (4,822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In scientific notation, this is written 5.9724×1024 kg. The Earth's circumference is approximately 40000000 m. In scientific notation, this is 4×107 m

Culture of Greece (9,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

principles of mechanics and hydrostatics. Eratosthenes calculated the earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy, and Hipparchus Founded scientific astronomy

Ancient Greek literature (10,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

summaries. He is credited with being the first person to measure the Earth's circumference. Much that was written by the mathematicians Euclid and Archimedes

High-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions (5,992 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Intertropical Convergence Zone. The Equatorial Pacific spans nearly half of Earth’s circumference and plays a major role in global marine new primary production.

Cyclone Leon–Eline (6,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocean. The track was over 11,000 km (6,800 mi), or about 25% of the Earth's circumference. However, Eline was in the south-west Indian Ocean for 21 days,

List of Greek inventions and discoveries (10,712 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

com. Retrieved 2021-07-25. "Eratosthenes: The Measurement of the Earth's Circumference". www.juliantrubin.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25. Aristotle, Metaphysics

Travel in classical antiquity (3,472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

questioned the validity of his methods, although his calculation of the Earth's circumference was quite accurate. Like the Greeks, the Romans did not possess

Pharaoh (Prus novel) (6,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

He was aware of Eratosthenes' remarkably accurate calculation of Earth's circumference, and the invention of a steam engine by Heron of Alexandria, centuries

Approximations of π (12,488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

particular pp. 333–334 (pp. 28–29 of the reprint). How Aryabhata got the earth's circumference right Archived 15 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine Āryabhaṭīya

1730s (15,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

degree of longitude in order to make a precise calculation of the Earth's circumference. The initial measurements of this French Geodesic Mission to the

1999–2000 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season (6,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocean. The track was over 11,000 km (6,800 mi), or about 25% of the Earth's circumference. Eline struck while Madagascar was in the midst of a cholera epidemic

List of common misconceptions (54,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

than he realized. In fact, Columbus grossly underestimated the Earth's circumference because of two calculation errors. The myth that Columbus proved

List of important publications in mathematics (10,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the approximate value of pi and accurate calculation of the earth's circumference. René Descartes La Géométrie was published in 1637 and written by

1740s (18,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Geodesic Mission, including the first precise measurement of the Earth's circumference. His determination that the circumference is 24,854.85 miles (40

History of longitude (10,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2013). "Ptolemy's longitudes and Eratosthenes' measurement of the earth's circumference" (PDF). Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems. 1 (1): 67–79

Meteorological history of Cyclone Freddy (4,023 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distance of 12,785 km (7,945 mi), which is approximately 33% of the Earth's circumference—just shy of 1994's Hurricane John, which covered 13,180 km (8,190 mi)