Msg #43120 in *Science Echo* Created on 07/25/89 at 02:22:53 To: Daniel Osborn, From: Pete Tyjewski Subject: bible pi=3 pi=3 1/8 babylonians 2200BC pi=(16/9)^2=3.16 egypt 2000BC pi=3 I kings 7:23,II Chronicles 4:2,500 BC *Bible is right dont make waves pi=3.14163 archimedes 300bc pi=355/113=3.1415929 valentinus 1573 pi=3.1415926535897932 I Newton 1665 pi=20 places Euler 1755 1Hr pi=205 digits Johann Dase 1844 2 months pi= 16/sqr(3) or 9.23 bill 246 indiana state law 1897 pi to 840 places Ferguson (desk calculator) 1947 3yrs 2000 places EINAC 1949 70 Hr 3000 places NORAC 1955 13 minutes (NavalOrdanceResearchCalculator) 7500 places pegasus (london)1957 33H 10,000 places IBM 704 1958 1Hr43Min 16,167 places IBM 704 1959 4.3Hr 20,000 places IBM 7090 1961 39Min 100,000 places IBM 7090 1961 8hr 250,000 places IBM 7030 1966 500,000 places CDC 6600 1967 28Hr Taken from A History of PI by Petr Beckman,St Martins press 1,000,000 places CDC 7600 1973 24Hr 29,360,000 places Cray-2 1986 134,217,000 places NEC SX-2 1987 201,000,000 places NEC SX-2 1988 From: Ron Freimuth - Fido Science Echo. 480,000,000 places Gregory and David Chudnovsky, Columbia Univ Jun 1989 From: Jerry Lewis - Fido Science echo. This last one if printed out is supposed to be 600miles long ... if its a normal printer 132 columns 60 lines its 63,000 Sheets 21 boxes of paper or 12 Miles of paper I guess the 600 miles is for one line in Pica.. Cray-2 and IBM-VF Supercomputers several months of interupted time. Maybe Pi will come out in CDRom soon. Maybe someone can append more to this list or maybe someone from Columbia can give a bit more detail on the 500M digits. The Biblical refrences you asked apout... the diameter of solomns temple bowl and the circumference are given... in both th non cronological books lets look for beowolf .. and trhe golden apples.. --- * Origin: Astronomy & Solar (513)398-7883 Mason,Oh (Opus 1:108/81) D>elete, R>eply, N>ext, C>ontinuous, Q>uit, RETURN = Next (D,R,N,C,Q)? X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: NIRVANAnet(tm) & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Jeff Hunter 510-935-5845 Rat Head Ratsnatcher 510-524-3649 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408-363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 415-567-7043 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 415-583-4102 Specializing in conversations, obscure information, high explosives, arcane knowledge, political extremism, diversive sexuality, insane speculation, and wild rumours. ALL-TEXT BBS SYSTEMS. Full access for first-time callers. We don't want to know who you are, where you live, or what your phone number is. We are not Big Brother. "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X