The diameter of the earth is to the diameter of the moon in a ratio greater than that which 108 has to 43, but less than that which 60 has to 19.
Proposition 17
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon (c. 250 BC)
The diameter of the earth is to the diameter of the moon in a ratio greater than that which 108 has to 43, but less than that which 60 has to 19.
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon (c. 250 BC)