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  3. From: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space
  5. Subject: Re: Greek Science (was Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <103151@netnews.upenn.edu>
  7. Date: 24 Dec 92 15:53:02 GMT
  8. References: <_ft2g9b@rpi.edu> <1992Dec23.141408.1860@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <phv203p@rpi.edu>
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  16. In article <phv203p@rpi.edu> strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore) writes:
  17. >It's interesting to listen to how people believe that Columbus proved
  18. >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.
  19. >Most people believe he was way off and they were right.  
  20.  
  21. umm...12,000 miles in *circumference*.  The Earth is actually about 8000 miles
  22. in diameter, 24,000 miles in circumference -- just about twice what Columbus
  23. thought.
  24.  
  25.    Robert
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