14 sett 240 anni a. C. - Eratosthenes

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Eratosthenes estimates the earth's circumference (only off by just under 25,000 miles). Due to the knowledge of how large the earth was, it seemed unreasonable for it to be spinning so quickly without any evidence of its movement.

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