explain the views of eratosthenes regarding the measurement of the cricumfrences of the earth
Answers
Answered by
1
Answer:
Eratosthenes believed there was both good and bad in every nation and criticized Aristotle for arguing that humanity was divided into Greeks and barbarians, as well as for arguing that the Greeks should keep themselves racially pure. As he aged he contracted ophthalmia, becoming blind around 195 BC.
Answered by
1
Answer:
Eratosthenes then measured the angle of a shadow cast by a stick at noon on the summer solstice in Alexandria, and found it made an angle of about 7.2 degrees, or about 1/50 of a complete circle. ... Eratosthenes then used this to calculate the circumference of the Earth to be about 250,000 stadia.
Explanation:
hope it helpful for u
plz follow me
Similar questions