Why Eratosthenes measurement of the Earth's cicumference can be at the same time so accurate and on the other hand so imprecise?

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Authors Jean-Marc Paturle

Publication date 17 July 2024

Published in Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

cicumference of the Earthmeasuring distances in Antiquity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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