Measuring the Sun's distance by the P3 method

Author:A. G. Gomez (agg29@ou.ac.uk)

The Aristarchos Procedure 3 (or P3) used on this occasion was first called the STAM method, which is short for 'screen, tube, and mirror', since these are the main components of the above instrument.

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