Drawing with a compass on a globe
The Endeavour 2024-08-30
Summary:
Take a compass and draw a circle on a globe. Then take the same compass, opened to the same width, and draw a circle on a flat piece of paper. Which circle has more area? If the circle is small compared to the radius of the globe, then the two circles will be approximately equal […]
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