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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by perilunar on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:28AM (#32724682)
> based on an incorrect 17th C estimation of the circumfrence of the earth

Incorrect? It's pretty bloody close for 1793 — The error is less than 0.02% !

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