Xenagoras (geometer) explained

Xenagoras (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ξεναγόρας), son of Eumelus, was mentioned by Plutarch as having been among the first to make a scientific measurement of the heights of mountains.[1] This Xenagoras estimated the height of the shrine of Apollo atop Mount Olympus as a little more than 10 stadia, that is, roughly 6,096 feet. (The mountain is in fact 9,573 feet.)[2] [3] There are some ancient references to a (now lost) book Measurement of Mountains by a "Xenophon" that some scholars consider to be a reference to this Xenagoras, albeit with the wrong name.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Cajori . Florian . Florian Cajori . History of Determinations of the Heights of Mountains . Isis . 12 . 3 . 482–514 . University of Chicago Press, History of Science Society . 1929 . en . 224470 . 10.1086/346425. 144100088 .
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  3. Hyde . Walter Woodburn . Walter Woodburn Hyde . The Ancient Appreciation of Mountain Scenery . . 11 . 2 . 75 . . 1915 . en . 3288010 .
  4. Book: Lewis , Michael Jonathan Taunton . Michael Jonathan Taunton Lewis . Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome . . 2001 . 158 . en . 9780521792974 . 2015-01-02.

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