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ColinWright
on Nov 23, 2014
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How medieval astronomers made trig tables
It's tough to get 6 digits of accuracy that way. Think, if the circle is 10 metres across, 1 mm is still 0.0001, just 4 digits.
Trying to do it physically is orders of magnitude less accurate.
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Trying to do it physically is orders of magnitude less accurate.