The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1811 |
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Page 274
... Eratosthenes , seem to be not high- ly rated by Strabo , ) it is certain that they are all lost . We may collect indeed from a curious circumstance little known or regard- ed , that no complete or systematic work on geography at that ...
... Eratosthenes , seem to be not high- ly rated by Strabo , ) it is certain that they are all lost . We may collect indeed from a curious circumstance little known or regard- ed , that no complete or systematic work on geography at that ...
Page 281
... Eratosthenes , in a case too , which . * In the former the proportion of the gnomon to its shadow would be ( accord- ing to the sun's declination at that time ) 10 : S. 0955 ; in the latter 10 : 3.5340 , a difference very ...
... Eratosthenes , in a case too , which . * In the former the proportion of the gnomon to its shadow would be ( accord- ing to the sun's declination at that time ) 10 : S. 0955 ; in the latter 10 : 3.5340 , a difference very ...
Page 285
... Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth at 250,0CO , or as others say , at 252,000 stades . The foundation of his computation , is the sup- posed accurate mensuration of the segment of a great circle of the earth , the ...
... Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth at 250,0CO , or as others say , at 252,000 stades . The foundation of his computation , is the sup- posed accurate mensuration of the segment of a great circle of the earth , the ...
Page 286
... Eratosthenes , and that this was , by the celestial observation of Posidonius , of the earth's circumference , concluded that circumference to be 180,000 stades , or 500 only to a degree . In this computation , the true me- ridional ...
... Eratosthenes , and that this was , by the celestial observation of Posidonius , of the earth's circumference , concluded that circumference to be 180,000 stades , or 500 only to a degree . In this computation , the true me- ridional ...
Page 287
... Eratosthenes and Hipparchus esti- mated the distance from Alexandria to the equator to be , accord- ing to the former , 21,700 , and according to the latter 21,800 stades . These he divides by 700 , and finds the quotient of the medium ...
... Eratosthenes and Hipparchus esti- mated the distance from Alexandria to the equator to be , accord- ing to the former , 21,700 , and according to the latter 21,800 stades . These he divides by 700 , and finds the quotient of the medium ...
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