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To: Junior

Pythagoras deduced it because he determined (empirically) that the only shape to cast a circular shadow from any angle was a sphere.

It was Aristotle who provided the reasoning. SHAPE & SIZE OF THE EARTH.

138 posted on 02/15/2006 7:22:17 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Creationists are like a palsied person touching a cactus.)

To: PatrickHenry

Mea Culpa.

156 posted on 02/15/2006 8:28:25 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)

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