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Distance of the Horizon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

Peter Ramsay
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The approximate rules given in this note may perhaps be new to some readers.

If an observer be at a height h above the Earth's surface, the distance of the horizon as seen by him is given by the formula

where r is the radius of the Earth.

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Research Article
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Edinburgh Mathematical Notes , Volume 6 , December 1910 , pp. 62 - 63
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1910