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Re: Biruni and the radius of the Earth by dip
From: John Huth
Date: 2011 Jan 7, 14:44 -0500
I look forward to the forthcoming account of John Huth's students measuring
slopes to 1/3500 (of a radian, as I deduce from Frank's explanation, or
about an arc-minute), to see how they get on.
From: John Huth
Date: 2011 Jan 7, 14:44 -0500
George wrote:
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slopes to 1/3500 (of a radian, as I deduce from Frank's explanation, or
about an arc-minute), to see how they get on.
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Me too. I'll surely report back.