Syene
Americannoun
noun
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This indicated that the Sun was directly over the well—meaning that Syene was on a direct line from the center of Earth to the Sun.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
That means, in effect, that at Alexandria, Earth’s surface has curved away from Syene by 7° of 360°, or 1/50 of a full circle.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Alexandria had been measured to be 5000 stadia north of Syene.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
He also had a figure for the distance between Syene and Alexandria: 5,000 stadia.
From Time Magazine Archive
But how could it be that at the same instant there was no shadow at Syene and a substantial shadow at Alexandria?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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