On Dec 2, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Fred Cisin <[email protected]> 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
