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A Value for Earth's Circumference Was First Calculated by

Question 92

Question 92

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A value for Earth's circumference was first calculated by


A) Columbus.
B) Pythagoras.
C) modern satellite measurements.
D) a librarian at Alexandria named Eratosthenes.
E) da Vinci.

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