LINEAS OF SIGHTESS A-line Time Line and a Triangular Rhyme [sine secon cosine sine] [3.14159] Had 'im a shadowed A try ameasure his earthly distance From his height and fifty of his neighbors feet Ashored they all was in a straight line Each time to time the moon and sun had a'bent to line up in a line
  Lineas was pleased. If his triangle was 3 by 4, 3^2 plus 4^2 = 9 plus 16 =25 25^.5=5 And he could calculate the height and /or distance of distant things from shadows, feet and triangles.
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