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Circumference of the Earth. Eratosthenes (250 BC) calculated the circumference of the Earth by measuring noontime shadows at two localities of different latitude. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) developed a novel way to measure the area of a circle using the rotation of wheel half the thickness of its radius. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.

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Caption: Circumference of the Earth. Eratosthenes (250 BC) calculated the circumference of the Earth by measuring noontime shadows at two localities of different latitude. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) developed a novel way to measure the area of a circle using the rotation of wheel half the thickness of its radius. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.

Personalities: LEONARDO DA VINCI (after)

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Image size: 4228 × 2866 px | 34.7 MB

Print size: 35.8 × 24.3 cm | 1664.6 × 1128.3 in (300 dpi)

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