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<p> 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.). </p> | Eratosthenes <ref name="term_72719" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[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.). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_72719"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eratosthenes Eratosthenes from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72719"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eratosthenes Eratosthenes from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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