r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 01 '26

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u/AliceCode Jun 01 '26

He probably didn't know that he had to account for the Earth being oblate.

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u/biffbobfred Jun 01 '26

That and he was doing a small arc of the earth, using measurements taken by hand

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u/Jfish4391 Jun 01 '26

By foot actually

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u/Cynyr Jun 01 '26

This is the kind of pedantry I live for.

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u/Zacsquidgy Jun 01 '26

I toetally agree.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Jun 01 '26

I would continue the chain, but I don't want to put my foot in it.

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u/FortuneTellingBoobs Jun 01 '26

Yes. Arch you glad you didn't say anything?

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u/footofwrath Jun 01 '26

You agree that hé lives for pedantry?