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How Eratosthenes measured the earth: part 4 of 4.

The angle of the sun is the last hurdle Eratosthenes had to overcome with his data collection methods.

Here we review the popularly believed story -- measuring shadows of sticks -- before looking at a more likely and methodologically simpler alternative.

Concludes with a bibliography.

(Reading time: 15 minutes)
#ancientscience #eratosthenes #geography #ancientgreece
https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/07/eratosthenes-4.html

A nice new crossword gig for me: Object magazine, a sleek coffee-table-worthy magazine from Bombay that goes deep into Indian socio-political-cultural issues *and* fashion.

I have tried to make my crossword reflect the authentic desi vibe of the mag. Sample clue:

11a. Object to Hindenburg incessantly needling Gujarat's pioneers (5)

https://magazine.journeyofobjects.com/crossword/object-cryptic-crossword

It’s an “Ashes Summer”, one of sport’s great rivalries, Australia v England at cricket, which dates back to the late 1800s. Here’s Boris Karloff playing cricket for the Hollywood Cricket Club. Other team members included Ronald Colman, Clive Brook and C. Aubrey Smith.

#Movies #Hollywood #Cinema #Film #Cinemastodon #Cricket #Spiders

^Sample clue:
Lowers de drawbridges over dese, we hear? (7)
No spoilers here, ta! #cryptic #clue #crossword

My July #cryptic contains my longest-yet answer in a #crossword. https://tlmb.net/blog/trio/ #cryptics #CrypticCrossword #crosswords