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Bematist (Ancient Gr****: βηματιστής),
plural bematists or
bematistae (Ancient Gr****: βηματισταί),
meaning 'step measurer' (from βῆμα (bema),
meaning 'pace')...
- Ptolemy, and
Pliny draw upon the otherwise-lost
evidence of Alexander's
bematist distance-measurers. When
attempting to
decipher the
above sources, modern...
- Alexander's Journey/Stations of the
march of Alexander), a work of
Baeton (the
Bematist of
Alexander the Great). Work of
Chares of Mytilene. Ten
books about the...
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English yard: 3 paces made up a leap and 9000 a
Welsh mile.
Anthropic units Bematist Roman &
Byzantine units English &
Welsh units Pacing in
surveying Pace...
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produces opportunities for
pacing to be
applied to
record accurate data.
Bematist Distance measurement Pace (unit) Pace
count beads Walking distance measure...
- the
Great (r. 336-323 BC) as by his
bematists Diognetus and Baeton. However, the high
accuracy of the
bematists's measurements rather indicates the use...
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Alexandria was 5,000
stadia (a
figure that was
checked yearly by
professional bematists,
mensores regii). He ****umes the
simplified (but inaccurate) hypothesis...
- Aswan), and the
distance between the
cities was
measured by
professional bematists. A
geometric calculation reveals that the cir****ference of the
Earth is...
- and 25 BC
Amyntas of Heraclea, mathematician;
student of
Plato Amyntas (
bematist),
wrote Stathmoi Amyntas the
surgeon Amyntas of
Aeolia in
diaulos Amyntas...
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Alexandria was 5,000
stadia (a
figure that was
checked yearly by
professional bematists,
mensores regii); he ****umes the
simplified hypothesis that
Syene was...
