Timeline for why does God describe this cauldron as round all about?
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| Jul 4, 2019 at 14:09 | comment | added | Nigel J | The rim would have been measured by a line put around it and the line estimated against a measuring stick. The rim may well have not been exactly circular. The exact value of pi is irrelevant. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 13:44 | vote | accept | Hisham | ||
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| Jul 4, 2019 at 13:42 | vote | accept | Hisham | ||
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| Jul 4, 2019 at 13:03 | comment | added | Thomas Markov | And while the idea of significant digits was a bit tongue in cheek, the point stands that precision wasn't exactly a concern of the author, and likely not a concern of the measurer either. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 2:51 | comment | added | Nigel J | Well put. And that is all that needs to be said, in my own view. | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 19:25 | history | migrated | from christianity.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 3, 2019 at 18:46 | history | answered | Thomas Markov | CC BY-SA 4.0 |