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Article #6348Re: Greek Science (was Re: Justification for the Space Program
From: Greg Moore
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:29
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:29
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In article <103151@netnews.upenn.edu> rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) writes: >In article <phv203p@rpi.edu> strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore) writes: >>It's interesting to listen to how people believe that Columbus proved >>the world was round. Actually, he and most people he argued with didn't debate that point. His claim was that the earth was about 12,000 miles in diameter. >>Most people believe he was way off and they were right. > >umm...12,000 miles in *circumference*. The Earth is actually about 8000 miles >in diameter, 24,000 miles in circumference -- just about twice what Columbus >thought. > > Robert Umm, gee... yeah. Sorry. my mistake. :-)
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!clotho.acm.rpi.edu!strider From: strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore) Subject: Re: Greek Science (was Re: Justification for the Space Program Message-ID: <_6v2ad#@rpi.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: acm.rpi.edu Organization: The Voice of Fate References: <1992Dec23.141408.1860@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <phv203p@rpi.edu> <103151@netnews.upenn.edu> Distribution: usa, world Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:29:31 GMT Lines: 15