3 Dec
2015
3 Dec
'15
7:38 a.m.
On Dec 2, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
I tried measuring a whole bunch of circles, and I
can't find any rational reason why dividing the circumference by the diameter never
came out even! :-)
Howzabout: go to Fort Smith, NT, Canada (or thereabouts, 60? N)
Walk or swim as appropriate, measuring distance, due East until you get back to Fort
Smith. You got back, so it must have been a circle, yes?
Walk or swim to the N. pole, measuring distance again.
Compute ratio of distances.
I think both Pythagoras and Eratosthenes would be thrilled at the result.
- Mark