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Eratosthenes

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Surnamed the Philologist, a philosopher of Alexandria, born at Cyrene, 276 B.C.; becoming blind and tired of life, he starved himself to death at the age of 80; he ranks high among ancient astronomers; measured the obliquity of the ecliptic, and estimated the size of the earth (276-194 B.C.).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Eratosthenes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/eratosthenes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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