Archimedes' sunwidth reckoning

Illustration of how Archimedes measured the Sun's angular width (as described in the [i]Sandreckoner[/i] 1.10-16).
View Activity View Activity

 

A. G. Gomez (agg29@ou.ac.uk) —

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
angular  archimedes  cylinder  disc  rod  sandreckoner  size  sun  width 
Target Group (Age)
19+
Language
English
 
 
GeoGebra version
5.0
Views
3443
Contact author of resource
License
CC-BY-SA, GeoGebra Terms of Use
Derived Resources
Copie de Archimedes' sunwidth reckoning
Shared by Miloudi Kasmi
 

Books

 
© 2025 International GeoGebra Institute