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Who was the first person to calculate the earth circumference?
Eratosthenes
The first layer of the earths atmosphere touching earths surface?
mesosphere
The first layer of the earths atmosphere touching earths surf?
troposphere
Were the most common metals in the earths crust discovered first?
gold
What is earths atmosphere is primarily composed of?
the earth first atmosphere is troposphere
Who discovered the earths curcumference?
Eratosthenes was the first to measure the Earth's circumference pretty acurately.
Who was the first person to calculate the earth circumference?
Eratosthenes
Is it true or false that the Greek Eratosthenes is known for his calculation of the earths weight?
False. He is the first known person to calculate the circumference of the earth. Wikipedia has more information in their post on this interesting fellow. A link to the post is provided below.
When buying tack you should?
mesure your horse first
What did eratosthenes create?
He invented the system of longitude and latitude.He was too the first person who calculate the circumference of the Earth.
Contribution of eratosthenes?
Eratosthenes had many contributions : he was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth he invented latitude and longitude he was the first person to prove earth was round he was the first to calculate the tilt of Earth's axis
Who first estimated the circumference of the Earth?
erathosthenes was the first ,
When was the the circumference of the Earth first measured and by who?
One possible person is Eratosthenes of Cyrene ~230 BC as he was a Greek scientist who calculated the circumference of the Earth, with remarkable accuracy (some values for the "stadia" he used gives a result within 6% of the actual polar circumference). See link for further information
The first layer of the earths atmosphere touching earths surface?
mesosphere
The first layer of the earths atmosphere touching earths surf?
troposphere
How do you correctly install screen doors?
First, mesure your door, then find out a screen door as close your mesurement.. Then screw it on the surface.
How do you find out the diameter when you have a circumference?
To get the diameter from the circumference of a circle, just divide by pi (which is 3.1415 to the first 5 digits).
