Article ID: CBB000006743

Eratosthenes' ratio for the obliquity of the ecliptic (1983)

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Description Comments on Rawlins, Dennis, “Erastosthenes' geodesy unraveled: Was there a high-accuracy Hellenistic astronomy?”, Isis, 1982, 73: 259-265. Reply by Rawlins, pp. 561-562.


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Authors & Contributors
Rawlins, Dennis
Seubert, Philippe
McPhail, Cameron
Panichi, Silvia
Taisbak, C. M.
Roller, Duane W.
Concepts
Geography
Cartography
Roman Empire
Geodesy
Astronomy
Measurement
Time Periods
Ancient
3rd century, B.C.
Medieval
Places
Greece
Mediterranean region
Europe
Middle and Near East
Hellenistic world
Arabian peninsula
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