Category Archives: Measure the Earth

Explorers Of The Nile: Victorian Triumph & Tragedy

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Africa was always dubbed ‘The Dark Continent’.  This sobriquet never referred to pigment  of skin, instead it referred to the impenetrable geography that immediately arises from the sands of both East and West Africa.  Prior to the invention of the … Continue reading →

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Ancients & Moderns: Measuring The Earth From Ptolemy To Louis XV

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

It is true that most students hate science.  For the most part the teachers teaching it never studied the historical impact of discovery.  The ancient Egyptians understood how to measure a sphere.  They did so with a plumb line across … Continue reading →

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