ERATOSTHENES'   DETERMINATION   OF   THE 
CIRCUMFERENCE   OF   EARTH

 

Result:  Circumference of Earth = 24,662 miles (252,000 stades).   Therefore, the diameter of the Earth = 7,850 miles (actual mean polar diameter = 7,900 miles!)

NOTE:  This is on the assumption that 1 stade = 516.73 feet, following Pliny's metrology.
 


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