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The Footnote June 10, 2026 · Syene (modern Aswan), Egypt

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth With a Shadow

Around 240 BC the chief librarian at Alexandria measured the planet's circumference using two shadows and a piece of arithmetic. He was off by about two percent.

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