Add to ORKGA Greek mathematician named Eratosthenes calculated an accurate measurementofthe Earth’s circumference, that being 250,000 stades orclose to Earth’s actualcircumference of40,120 km,¹ in Hellenistic Alexandria, Egyptcirca 240 B.C.E. To do this, Eratosthenes’utilized the distance between Alexandria and Syeneandgnomon measurements taken in Syeneand Alexandria at noon on the summersolstice.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/ancient_science_fair/1015/thumbnail.jp
AbstractBased on Eratosthenes’ method of “Measuring the Circumference of Earth,” dating from 276 BC,...
This article is based on an activity used in a team-taught preservice course, “Integrating Geography...
The Roman\u27s made many technological advancements, many of which were of a military nature. This p...
In the third century b.c.e., Eratosthenes of Cyrene made a famous measurement of the circumference o...
Ensino Médio::MatemáticaEratosthenes measured the circumference of Earth around 240 BC, based on the...
In the third century B.C.E., Eratosthenes of Cyrene made a famous measurement of the circumference o...
The relationship between the determination of the circumference of the Earth and the geographical ma...
Eratosthenes (circa 276 B.C.–194 B.C.) is considered a famous scientist of ancient Greece. He was a ...
AbstractIn this paper it is argued that Eratosthenes's measurement of the earth depended on estimate...
Objective: To use a midday shadow on or close to the day of an Equinox to calculate Earth’s Polar Ci...
Twenty-two hundred years ago, the Greek scientist Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Ear...
The interlink between the determination of the circumference of the Earth and the geographical mappi...
Multiple representations of a problem encourage students to make and strengthen connections across m...
We present astronomical estimates about the Earth, Moon, Sun and the nearest fixed stars, in partic...
International audienceA statistical analysis of the longitudes reported in Ptolemy's Geographia show...
AbstractBased on Eratosthenes’ method of “Measuring the Circumference of Earth,” dating from 276 BC,...
This article is based on an activity used in a team-taught preservice course, “Integrating Geography...
The Roman\u27s made many technological advancements, many of which were of a military nature. This p...
In the third century b.c.e., Eratosthenes of Cyrene made a famous measurement of the circumference o...
Ensino Médio::MatemáticaEratosthenes measured the circumference of Earth around 240 BC, based on the...
In the third century B.C.E., Eratosthenes of Cyrene made a famous measurement of the circumference o...
The relationship between the determination of the circumference of the Earth and the geographical ma...
Eratosthenes (circa 276 B.C.–194 B.C.) is considered a famous scientist of ancient Greece. He was a ...
AbstractIn this paper it is argued that Eratosthenes's measurement of the earth depended on estimate...
Objective: To use a midday shadow on or close to the day of an Equinox to calculate Earth’s Polar Ci...
Twenty-two hundred years ago, the Greek scientist Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the Ear...
The interlink between the determination of the circumference of the Earth and the geographical mappi...
Multiple representations of a problem encourage students to make and strengthen connections across m...
We present astronomical estimates about the Earth, Moon, Sun and the nearest fixed stars, in partic...
International audienceA statistical analysis of the longitudes reported in Ptolemy's Geographia show...
AbstractBased on Eratosthenes’ method of “Measuring the Circumference of Earth,” dating from 276 BC,...
This article is based on an activity used in a team-taught preservice course, “Integrating Geography...
The Roman\u27s made many technological advancements, many of which were of a military nature. This p...