Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <coons_at_fc.dvfs.org> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:05:24 -0700 (PDT)

Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Delaware Valley Friends School
School Location: Paoli, Pa USA

Email Address:   coons_at_fc.dvfs.org
Experimenter:    Stephen Cooney

Latitude         40&#730;02' N
Longitude:       75&#730;28' W
Distance to Equator: 4448.5km

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 39.6
Calculated Earth circumference:   40441 km

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