tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16289469.post741907747344818247..comments2023-03-19T07:22:05.437-06:00Comments on The Geology P.A.G.E.: My Failures in Science - Measuring the Earth Part 2Jim L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08680478888594299616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16289469.post-49026979861783371082014-11-12T14:30:06.479-07:002014-11-12T14:30:06.479-07:00Interesting idea. Not sure if I have the pieces of...Interesting idea. Not sure if I have the pieces of it around anymore since I ran the experiment a while ago. I will have to look and see and maybe run the experiment with both a new device and the old one.Jim L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08680478888594299616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16289469.post-82653637045459061502014-11-12T14:22:00.735-07:002014-11-12T14:22:00.735-07:00You'd need to increase your distance by more t...You'd need to increase your distance by more than an order of magnitude to match Eratosthenes, right? I wonder if that would result in an order of magnitude error decrease. <br /><br />You are also changing both variables (distance and stick length) with this one. While it is probably a good idea to get a bigger stick, would you consider keeping this contraption around for next solstice? It would be interesting to see whether you get the same result at a longer distance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com