Archimedes' sunwidth measurement

Illustration of how Archimedes measured the Sun's angular width (as described in the [i]Sandreckoner[/i] 1.10-16).

 

A. G. Gomez (agg29@ou.ac.uk)

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
archimedes  reckoner  sand  sandreckoner  sun  width 
Target Group (Age)
19+
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
 
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