The origin and value of the stadion unit used by Eratosthenes in the third century B. C

zbMath0632.01001MaRDI QIDQ1095125

Edward Gulbekian

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Heron of Alexandriamathematical geography

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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