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minus-squareYellowParentilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 hours agoIf I remember correctly, Pythagoras sent someone south a ways to another city with an obelisk and asked them to measure the height of the object and its shadow. Dude calculated the circumference of the earth with basically long sticks.
If I remember correctly, Pythagoras sent someone south a ways to another city with an obelisk and asked them to measure the height of the object and its shadow. Dude calculated the circumference of the earth with basically long sticks.