There is a huge volume of Eratosthenes-got-it-right literature based on attacking the applicability of the standard 185 m stadium to his experiment. Among advocates: F. Hultsch, Griechische und Römische Metrologie, Berlin, 1882; E. Lehmann-Haupt, Stadion entry in Paulys Real-Encyclopädie, Stuttgart, 1929; I. Fischer, Q. Jl. R. astr. Soc. 16.2:152–167, 1975; Gulbekian (1987); Dutka (1993). The means employed include worrying various ratios of the stadium to the unstably defined "schoenus", or using a truncated passage from Pliny. (Gulbekian just computes the stadium from Eratosthenes' experiment instead of the reverse.) Nicastro (2008), however, uses statistical analysis of Eratosthenes' linear distances (as reported by Strabo) to establish a 95% probability that Eratosthenes used a stade between 153.5 and 162.4 meters, with the 185 m "Attic" stade well outside the 3-sigma confidence interval. A disproportionality of literature exists because some professional scholars of ancient science have regarded such speculation as special pleading and so have not bothered to write extensively on the issue. Skeptical works include E. Bunbury's classic History of Ancient Geography, 1883; D. Dicks, Geographical Fragments of Hipparchus, University of London, 1960; O. Neugebauer, History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Springer, 1975; J. Berggren and A. Jones, Ptolemy's Geography, Princeton, 2000. Some difficulties with the several arguments for Eratosthenes' exact correctness are discussed by Rawlins in 1982b page 218 and in his Contributions 19 Mayıs 2019 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. and Distillate 6 Haziran 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. See also, at [1] 31 Temmuz 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi., "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean", chapter 1 of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a TV series by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Sotter (1978–1979), where a description of Eratosthenes' experiment is presented.
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Engels, Donald (Sonbahar 1984). "The Length of Eratosthenes' Stade". American Journal of Philology. 106 (3). ss. 298-311. doi:10.2307/295030. JSTOR295030.
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Engels, Donald (Sonbahar 1984). "The Length of Eratosthenes' Stade". American Journal of Philology. 106 (3). ss. 298-311. doi:10.2307/295030. JSTOR295030.
Isaac Moreno Gallo (3–6 Kasım 2004). "Roman Surveying"(PDF). translated by Brian R. Bishop. 5 Şubat 2007 tarihinde kaynağından(PDF) arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 25 Temmuz 2013.
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"53. Bölüm". 12 Ekim 2013 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 25 Temmuz 2013.
Isaac Moreno Gallo (3–6 Kasım 2004). "Roman Surveying"(PDF). translated by Brian R. Bishop. 5 Şubat 2007 tarihinde kaynağından(PDF) arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 25 Temmuz 2013.
There is a huge volume of Eratosthenes-got-it-right literature based on attacking the applicability of the standard 185 m stadium to his experiment. Among advocates: F. Hultsch, Griechische und Römische Metrologie, Berlin, 1882; E. Lehmann-Haupt, Stadion entry in Paulys Real-Encyclopädie, Stuttgart, 1929; I. Fischer, Q. Jl. R. astr. Soc. 16.2:152–167, 1975; Gulbekian (1987); Dutka (1993). The means employed include worrying various ratios of the stadium to the unstably defined "schoenus", or using a truncated passage from Pliny. (Gulbekian just computes the stadium from Eratosthenes' experiment instead of the reverse.) Nicastro (2008), however, uses statistical analysis of Eratosthenes' linear distances (as reported by Strabo) to establish a 95% probability that Eratosthenes used a stade between 153.5 and 162.4 meters, with the 185 m "Attic" stade well outside the 3-sigma confidence interval. A disproportionality of literature exists because some professional scholars of ancient science have regarded such speculation as special pleading and so have not bothered to write extensively on the issue. Skeptical works include E. Bunbury's classic History of Ancient Geography, 1883; D. Dicks, Geographical Fragments of Hipparchus, University of London, 1960; O. Neugebauer, History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Springer, 1975; J. Berggren and A. Jones, Ptolemy's Geography, Princeton, 2000. Some difficulties with the several arguments for Eratosthenes' exact correctness are discussed by Rawlins in 1982b page 218 and in his Contributions 19 Mayıs 2019 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. and Distillate 6 Haziran 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. See also, at [1] 31 Temmuz 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi., "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean", chapter 1 of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a TV series by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Sotter (1978–1979), where a description of Eratosthenes' experiment is presented.
There is a huge volume of Eratosthenes-got-it-right literature based on attacking the applicability of the standard 185 m stadium to his experiment. Among advocates: F. Hultsch, Griechische und Römische Metrologie, Berlin, 1882; E. Lehmann-Haupt, Stadion entry in Paulys Real-Encyclopädie, Stuttgart, 1929; I. Fischer, Q. Jl. R. astr. Soc. 16.2:152–167, 1975; Gulbekian (1987); Dutka (1993). The means employed include worrying various ratios of the stadium to the unstably defined "schoenus", or using a truncated passage from Pliny. (Gulbekian just computes the stadium from Eratosthenes' experiment instead of the reverse.) Nicastro (2008), however, uses statistical analysis of Eratosthenes' linear distances (as reported by Strabo) to establish a 95% probability that Eratosthenes used a stade between 153.5 and 162.4 meters, with the 185 m "Attic" stade well outside the 3-sigma confidence interval. A disproportionality of literature exists because some professional scholars of ancient science have regarded such speculation as special pleading and so have not bothered to write extensively on the issue. Skeptical works include E. Bunbury's classic History of Ancient Geography, 1883; D. Dicks, Geographical Fragments of Hipparchus, University of London, 1960; O. Neugebauer, History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Springer, 1975; J. Berggren and A. Jones, Ptolemy's Geography, Princeton, 2000. Some difficulties with the several arguments for Eratosthenes' exact correctness are discussed by Rawlins in 1982b page 218 and in his Contributions 19 Mayıs 2019 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. and Distillate 6 Haziran 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. See also, at [1] 31 Temmuz 2013 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi., "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean", chapter 1 of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a TV series by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Sotter (1978–1979), where a description of Eratosthenes' experiment is presented.
