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Eratosthenes measured the size of Earth by using the Sun's angles, as well as a bit of geometry.
Eratosthenes of Cyrene 3rd century
He or She estimated it by building off of Henry Cavendish,Galileo,& Sir Isaac Newtons Ideas.
that the earth was not flat nor square but it was round
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes
He postulated the circumference of the earth.
Eratosthenes measured the size of Earth by using the Sun's angles, as well as a bit of geometry.
Eratosthenes
The used an orange
Eratosthenes
Columbus said the earth was sphere when he traveled to America
Which of the following describes how Eratosthenes discovered the approximate circumference of the earth
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene 3rd century
Eratosthenes is famous for making the first good measurement of the size of the Earth. He lived from 276 to 194 B.C. and died in Alexandria at age 82. He was rumored to have starved himself to death after going blind.