english: He knew that a stick stuck in the ground in Alexandria at the same time and the same day, at noon, the sun's zenith, on the solstice, the sun cast a shadow that showed that it was 7.2 degrees off-axis.
non_english: znao je da će štap  zaboden u zemlju u Aleksandriji u isto vreme i istog dana u podne, na Sunčev zenit, na ravnodnevnicu. Sunce će baciti senku koja će pokazati  da je bio 7,2 stepena po osi.