Over the course of August in Bern, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 29 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 59 seconds, and weekly decrease of 20 minutes, 53 seconds.
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The gradual disappearance of ships over the horizon, the tops of the sails disappearing last. The shape of the curved shadow of the earth on the moon during eclipses. The variation of the sun's elevation with latitude. (This was the basis of Eratosthenes' measurement.) The variation of a star's elevation with latitude.