A Roman Dodecahedron for measuring distance
Abstract
Here I am discussing a possible use of a Roman Dodecahedron, a bronze artifact of gallo-roman origin, for measuring distance. A dodecahedron, found at Jublains, the ancient Nouiodunum, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, is used to create a model. Looking through the model, it is possible to test it for measurements of distance based on similar triangles.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2012
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1204.6497
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1204.6497
- Bibcode:
- 2012arXiv1204.6497S
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Popular Physics
- E-Print:
- Ancient surveying methods