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Re: Andromeda -- 0-hour game
DIR By: paladin_platform
Date: October 28, 2019, 1:16 pm
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The aeronaut can see for himself that Earth is a Plane. The
appearance presented to him, even at the highest elevation he
has ever attained, is that of a concave surface - this being
exactly what is to be expected of a surface that is truly level,
since it is the nature of level surfaces to appear to rise to a
level with the eye of the observer. This is ocular demonstration
and proof that Earth is not a globe.
- Whenever experiments have been tried on the surface of
standing water, this surface has always been found to be level.
If the Earth were a globe, the surface of all standing water
would be convex. This is an experimental proof that Earth is not
a globe.
- Surveyors' operations in the construction of railroads,
tunnels, or canals are conducted without the slightest
"allowance" being made for "curvature," although it is taught
that this so-called allowance is absolutely necessary! This is a
cutting proof that Earth is not a globe.
- There are rivers that flow for hundreds of miles towards the
level of the sea without falling more than a few feet - notably,
the Nile, which, in a thousand miles, falls but a foot. A level
expanse of this extent is quite incompatible with the idea of
the Earth's "convexity." It is, therefore, a reasonable proof
that Earth is not a globe.
- The lights which are exhibited in lighthouses are seen by
navigators at distances at which, according to the scale of the
supposed "curvature" given by astronomers, they ought to be many
hundreds of feet, in some cases, down below the line of sight!
For instance: the light at Cape Hatteras is seen at such a
distance (40 miles) that, according. to theory, it ought to be
nine-hundred feet higher above the level of the sea than it
absolutely is, in order to be visible! This is a conclusive
proof that there is no "curvature," on the surface of the sea -
"the level of the sea,"- ridiculous though it is to be under the
necessity of proving it at all: but it is, nevertheless, a
conclusive proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- If we stand on the sands of the sea-shore and watch a ship
approach us, we shall find that she will apparently "rise" - to
the extent, of her own height, nothing more. If we stand upon an
eminence, the same law operates still; and it is but the law of
perspective, which causes objects, as they approach us, to
appear to increase in size until we see them, close to us, the
size they are in fact. That there is no other "rise" than the
one spoken of is plain from the fact that, no matter how high we
ascend above the level of the sea, the horizon rises on and
still on as we rise, so that it is always on a level with the
eye, though it be two-hundred miles away, as seen by Mr. J.
Glaisher, of England, from Mr. Coxwell's balloon. So that a ship
five miles away may be imagined to be "coming up" the imaginary
downward curve of the Earth's surface, but if we merely ascend a
hill such as Federal Hill, Baltimore, we may see twenty-!five
miles away, on a level with the eye - that is, twenty miles
level distance beyond the ship that we vainly imagined to be "
rounding the curve," and "coming up!" This is a plain proof that
the Earth is not a globe.
- If we take a trip down the Chesapeake Bay, in the day-time, we
may see for ourselves the utter fallacy of the idea that when a
vessel appears "hull down," as it is called, it is because the
hull is "behind the water:" for, vessels, have been seen, and
may often be seen - again, presenting the appearance spoken of,
and away - far away - beyond those vessels, and, at the same
moment, the level shore line, with its accompanying complement
of tall trees towering up, in perspective, over the heads of the
"hull-down" ships! Since, then, the idea will not stand its
ground when the facts rise up against it, and it is a piece of
the popular theory, the theory is a contemptible piece of
business, and we may easily wring from it a proof that Earth is
not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, a small model globe would be the
very best - because the truest - thing for the. navigator to
take to sea with him. But such a thing as that is not known:
with such a toy as a guide, the mariner would wreck his ship, of
a certainty!, This is a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- As mariners take to sea with them charts constructed as though
the sea were a level surface, however these charts may err as to
the true form of this level surface taken as a whole, it is
clear, as they find them answer their purpose tolerably well -
and only tolerably for many ships are wrecked owing to the error
of which we speak - that the surface of the sea is as it is
taken to be, whether the captain of the ship "supposes" the
Earth to be a globe or anything else. Thus, then, we draw, from
the common system of "plane sailing," a practical proof that
Earth is not a globe.
- That the mariners' compass points north and south at the same
time is a fact as indisputable as that two and two makes four;
but that this would be impossible if the thing, were placed on a
globe with "north" and "south' at the centre of opposite
hemispheres is a fact that does not figure in the school-books,
though very easily seen: and it requires no lengthy train of
reasoning to bring out of it a pointed proof that the Earth is
not a globe.
- As the mariners' compass points north and south at one time,
and as the North, to which it is attracted is that part of the
Earth situated where the North Star is in the zenith, it follows
that there is no south "point" or "pole" but that, while the
centre is North, a vast circumference must be South in its whole
extent. This is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- As we have seen that there is, really no south point (or pole)
but an infinity of points forming, together, a vast
circumference -- the boundary of the known world, with its
battlements of icebergs which bid defiance to man's onward
course, in a southerly direction - so there can be no east or
west "points,' just as there is no "yesterday," and no
"tomorrow." In fact, as there is one point that is fixed (the
North), it is impossible for any other point to be fixed
likewise. East and west are, therefore, merely directions at
right angles with a north and south line: and as the south point
of the compass shifts round to all parts of the circular
boundary, (as it may be carried round the central North) so the
directions east and west, crossing this line, continued to form
a circle at any latitude. A westerly circumnavigation, is going
around with the North Star continually on the right hand, and an
easterly circumnavigation is performed only when the reverse
condition of things is maintained, the North Star being on the
left hand as the journey is made. These facts, taken together,
form a beautiful proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- As the mariners' compass points north and south at one and the
same time, and a meridian is a north and south line, it follows
that meridians can be no other than straight lines. But, since
all meridians on a globe are semicircles, it is an
incontrovertible proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- "Parallels of latitude" only - of all imaginary lines on the
surface of the Earth - are circles, which increase,
progressively, from the northern centre to the southern
circumference. The mariner's course in the direction of any one
of these concentric circles is his longitude, the degrees of
which INCREASE to such an extent beyond the equator (going
southwards) that hundreds of vessels have been wrecked because
of the false idea created by the untruthfulness of the charts
and the globular theory together, causing the sailor to be
continually getting out of his reckoning. With a map of the
Earth in its true form all difficulty is done away with, and
ships may be conducted anywhere with perfect safety. This, then,
is a very important practical proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- The idea that, instead of sailing horizontally round the
Earth, ships are taken down one side of a globe, then
underneath, and are brought up on the other side to get home
again, is, except as a mere dream, impossible and absurd! And,
since there are neither impossibilities nor absurdities in the
simple matter of circumnavigation, it stands without argument, a
proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- If the, Earth were a globe, the distance round its surface at,
say, 45 "degrees" south latitude, could not possibly be any
greater than it is at the same latitude north; but, since it is
found by navigators to be twice the distance -- to say the least
of it -- or, double the distance it ought to be according to the
globular theory, it is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Human beings require a surface on which to live that, in its
general character, shall be LEVEL; and since the Omniscient
Creator must have been perfectly acquainted with the
requirements of His creatures, it follows that, being an
All-wise Creator, He has met them thoroughly. This is a
theological proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The best possessions of man are his senses; and, when he uses
them all, he will not be deceived in his survey of nature. It is
only when some one faculty or other is neglected or abused that
he is deluded. Every man in full command of his senses knows
that a level surface is a flat or horizontal one; but
astronomers tell us that the true level is the curved surface of
a globe! They know that man requires a level surface on which to
live, so they give him one in name which is not one in fact!
Since this is the best that astronomers, with their theoretical
science, can do for their fellow creatures - deceive them - it
is clear that things are not as they say they are; and, in
short, it is a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- Every man in his senses goes the most reasonable way to work
to do a thing. Now, astronomers (one after another - following a
leader), while they are telling us that Earth is a globe, are
cutting off the upper half of this suppositious globe in their
books, and, in this way, forming the level surface on which they
describe man as living and moving! Now, if the Earth were really
a globe, this would be just the most unreasonable and suicidal
mode of endeavoring to show it. So that, unless theoretical
astronomers are all out of their senses together, it is,
clearly, a, proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The common sense of man tells him - if nothing else told him -
that there is an "up" and a "down" in -nature, even as regards
the heavens and the earth; but the theory of modern astronomers
necessitates the conclusion that there is not: therefore, 'the
theory of the astronomers is opposed to common sense - yes, and
to inspiration - and this is a common sense proof that the Earth
is not a globe.
- Man's experience tells him that he is not constructed like the
flies that can live said move upon the ceiling of a room with as
much safety as on the floor: - and since the modern theory of a
planetary earth necessitates a crowd of theories to keep company
with it, and one of them is that men are really bound to. the
earth by a force which fastens them to it "like needles round a
spherical loadstone," a theory perfectly outrageous and opposed
to all human experience, it follows that, unless we can trample
upon common sense ane ignore the teachings of experience, we
have an evident proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- God's Truth never - no, never - requires a falsehood to help
it along. Mr. Proctor, in his " Lessons," says: Men " have been
able to go round and round the Earth in several directions."
Now, in this case, the word " several will imply more than two,
unquestionably: whereas, it is utterly impossible to
circumnavigate the Earth in any other than an easterly or a
westerly direction; and the fact is perfectly consistent and
clear in its relation to Earth as a Plane.. Now, since
astronomers would not be so foolish as to damage a good cause by
misrepresentation, it is presumptive evidence that their cause
is a bad one, and - a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- If astronomical works be searched through and through, there
will not be found a single instance of a bold, unhesitating, or
manly ,statement respecting a proof of the Earth's " rotundity."
Proctor speaks of "proofs which serve to show ... that the Earth
is not flat," and says that man "finds reason to think that the
Earth is not flat," and speaks of certain matters being
"explained by supposing" that the Earth is a, globe; and says
that people have "assured themselves that it is a globe;" but he
says, also, that there is a " most complete proof that the Earth
is a globe:" just as though anything in the world could possibly
be wanted but a proof - a proof that proves and settles the
whole question. This, however, all the money in the United
States Treasury would not buy; and, unless the astronomers are
all so rich that they don't want the cash, it is a sterling
proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- When a man speaks of a "most complete" thing amongst several
other things which claim to be what that thing is, it is evident
that they must fall short of something which the "most complete"
thing possesses. And when it is known that the "most complete"
thing is an entire failure, it is plain that the others, all and
sundry, are worthless. Proctor's "most complete proof that the
Earth is a globe" lies in what he calls "the fact" that
distances from place to place agree with calculation. But, since
the distance round the Earth at 45 " degrees" south of the
equator is twice the distance it would be on a globe, it follows
that what the greatest astronomer of the age calls "a fact" is
NOT a fact; that his "most complete proof' is a most complete
failure; and that be might as well have told us, at once, that
he has NO PROOF to give us at all. Now, since, if the Earth be a
globe, there would, necessarily, be piles of proofs of it all
round us, it follows that when astronomers, with all their
ingenuity, are utterly unable to point one out - to say nothing
about picking one up - that they give us a proof that Earth is
not a globe.
- The surveyor's plans in relation to the laying of the first
Atlantic Telegraph cable, show that in 1665 miles - from
Valentia, Ireland, to St . John's, Newfoundland - the surface of
the Atlantic Ocean is a LEVEL surface - not the astronomers'
"level," either! The authoritative drawings, published at the
time, are a standing evidence of the fact, and form a practical
proof that Earth is not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, it would, if we take Valentia to be
the place of departure, curvate downwards, in the 1665 miles
across the Atlantic to Newfoundland, according to the
astronomers' own tables, more than three hundred miles; but, as
the surface of the Atlantic does not do so - the fact of its
levelness having been clearly demonstrated by Telegraph Cable
surveyors, - it follows that we have a grand proof that Earth is
not a globe.
- Astronomers, in their consideration of the supposed
"curvature" of the Earth, have carefully avoided the taking of
that view of the question which - if anything were needed to do
so -would show its utter absurdity. It is this: - if, instead of
taking our ideal point of departure to be at Valentia, we
consider ourselves at St. John's, the 1665 miles of water
between us and Valentia would just as well "curvate" downwards
as it did in the other case! Now, since the direction in which
the Earth is said to "curvate" is interchangeable - depending,
indeed, upon the position occupied by a man upon its surface -
the thing is utterly absurd; and it follows that the theory is
an outrage , and that the Earth does not "curvate" at all: - an
evident proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Astronomers are in the habit of considering two points on the
Earth's surface, without, it seems, any limit as to the distance
that lies between them, as being on a level, and the intervening
section, even though it be an ocean, as a vast "hill"-of water!"
The Atlantic ocean, in taking this view of the matter, would
form a "hill of water" more than a hundred miles high! The idea
is simply monstrous, and could only be entertained by scientists
whose whole business is made up of materials of the same
description: and it certainly requires no argument to deduce,
from such "science" as this, a satisfactory proof that the Earth
is not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, it would, unquestionably, have the
same general characteristics - no matter its size - as a small
globe that may be stood upon the table. As the small globe has
top, bottom, and sides, so must also the large one - no matter
how large it be. But, as the Earth, which is "supposed" to be a
large globe, bas no sides or bottom as the small globe has, the
conclusion is irresistible that it is a proof that the Earth is
not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, an observer who should ascend above
its surface would have to took downwards at the horizon (if it
be possible to conceive of a horizon at all under such
circumstances) even as astronomical diagrams indicate that
angles - varying from ten to nearly fifty degrees below the
"horizontal" line of sight! (It is just as absurd as it would be
to be taught that when we look at a man full in the face we are
looking down at his feet!) But, as no observer in the clouds, or
upon any eminence on the earth, has ever had to do so, it
follows that the diagrams spoken of are imaginary and false;
that the theory which requires such things to prop it up is
equally airy and untrue; and that we have a substantial proof
that Earth is not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, it would certainly have to be as
large as it is said to be - twenty-five thousand miles in
circumference. Now, the thing which I have called a "proof" of
the Earth's roundness, and which is presented to children at
school, is, that if we stand on the seashore we may see the
ships, as they approach us, absolutely "coming up," and that, as
we are able to see the highest parts of these ships first, it is
because the lower parts are "behind the earth's curve." Now
since if this were the case - that is, if the lower parts of
these ships were behind a "hill of water" - the size of the
Earth, indicated by such a curve as this, would be so small that
it would only be big enough to hold the people of a parish, if
they could get all round it, instead of the nations of the
world, it follows that the idea is preposterous; that the
appearance is due to another and to some reasonable cause; and
that, instead of being a proof of the globular form of the
Earth, it is a proof that at Earth is not a globe.
- It is often said that, if the Earth were flat, we could see
all over it! This is the result of ignorance. If we stand on the
level surface a plain or a prairie, and take notice, we shall
find that the horizon is formed at about three miles all around
us: that is, the ground appears to rise up until, at that
distance, it seems on a level with the eye-line or line of
sight. Consequently, objects no higher than we stand - say, six
feet - and which are at that distance (three miles), have
reached the "vanishing point," and are beyond the sphere of our
unaided vision. This is the reason why the hull of a ship
disappears (in going away from us) before the sails; and,
instead of there being about it the faintest shadow of evidence
of the, Earth's rotundity, it is a clear proof that Earth is not
a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, people - except those on the top -
would, certainly, have to be "fastened" to its surface by some
means or other, whether by the "attraction" of astronomers or by
some other undiscovered and undiscoverable process! But, as we
know that we simply walk on its surface without any other aid
than that which is necessary for locomotion on a plane, it
follows that we have, herein, a conclusive proof that Earth is
not a globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, there certainly would be - if we
could imagine the thing to be peopled all round - "antipodes:"
"people who," says the dictionary, "living exactly on the
opposite side of the globe to ourselves, have their feet
opposite to ours: - people who are hanging heads downwards
whilst we are standing heads up! But, since the theory allows us
to travel to those parts of the Earth where the people are said
to be heads downwards, and still to fancy ourselves to be heads
upwards and our friends whom we have left behind - us to be
heads downwards, it follows that the whole thing is a myth - a
dream - a delusion - and a snare; and, instead of there being
any evidence at all in this direction to substantiate the
popular theory, it is a plain proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- If we examine a true picture of the distant horizon, or the
thing itself, we shall find that it coincides exactly with a
perfectly straight and level line. Now, since there could be
nothing of the kind on a globe, and we find it to be the case
all over the Earth, it is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- If we take a journey down the Chesapeake Bay, by night, we
shall see the "light" exhibited at Sharpe's Island for an hour
before the steamer gets to it. We may take up a position on the
deck so that the rail of the vessel's side will be in a line
with the "light" and in the line of sight; and we shall find
that in the whole journey the light will won't vary in the
slightest degree in its apparent elevation. But, say that a
distance of thirteen miles has been traversed, the astronomers'
theory of "curvature" demands a difference (one way or the
other!) in the apparent elevation of the light, of 112 feet 8
inches! Since, however, there is not a difference of 100 hair's
breadths, we have a plain proof that the water of the Chesapeake
Bay is not curved, which is a proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- If the Earth were a globe, there would, very likely, be (for
nobody knows) six months day and six months night at the arctic
and antarctic regions, as astronomers dare to assert there is: -
for their theory demands it! But, as this fact - the six months
day and six months night - is; nowhere found but in the arctic
regions, it agrees perfectly with everything else that we know
about the Earth as a plane, and, whilst it overthrows the
"accepted theory," it furnishes a striking proof that Earth is
not a globe.
- When the Sun crosses the equator, in March, and begins to
circle round the heavens in north latitude, the inhabitants of
high northern latitudes see him slimming round their horizon and
forming the break of their long day, in a horizontal course, not
disappearing again for six months, as he rises higher and higher
in the heavens whilst he makes his twenty-four hour circle until
June, when he begins to descend and goes on until he disappears
beyond the horizon in September. Thus, in the northern regions,
they have that which the traveler calls the "midnight Sun," as
he sees that luminary at a time when, in his more southern
latitude, it is always midnight. If, for one-half the year, we
may see for ourselves the Sun making horizontal circles round
the heavens, it is presumptive evidence that, for the other
half-year, he is doing the same, although beyond the boundary of
our vision. This, being a proof that Earth is a plane, is,
therefore, a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- We have abundance of evidence that the Sun moves daily round
and over the Earth in circles concentric with the northern
region over which hangs the North Star; but, since the theory of
the Earth being a globe is necessarily connected with the theory
of its motion round the Sun in a yearly orbit, it falls to the
ground when we bring forward the evidence of which we speak,
and, in so doing, forms a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The Suez canal, which joins the Red Sea with the
Mediterranean, is about one hundred miles long; it forms a
straight and level surface of water from one end to the other;
and no allowance for any supposed "curvature" was made in its
construction. It is a clear proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- When astronomers assert that it is "necessary" to make
"allowance for curvature" in canal construction, it is, of
course, in order that, in their idea, a level cutting may be
had, for the water. How flagrantly, then, do they contradict
themselves when the curved surface of the Earth is a "true
level!" What more can they want for a canal than a true level?
Since they contradict themselves in such an elementary point as
this, it is an evidence that the whole thing is a delusion, and
we have a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- It is certain that the theory of the Earth's rotundity and
that of its mobility must stand or fall together. A proof, then,
of its immobility is virtually a proof of its non-rotundity.
Now, that the Earth does not move, either on an axis, or in an
orbit round the Sun or anything else, is easily proven. If the
Earth went through space at the rate of eleven-hundred miles in
a minute of time, as astronomers teach us, in a particular
direction, there would unquestionably be a, difference in the
result of firing off a projectile in that direction and in a
direction the opposite of that one. But as, in fact, there is
not the slightest difference in any such case, it is clear that
any alleged motion of the Earth is disproved, and that,
therefore, we have a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The circumstances which attend bodies which are caused merely
to fall from a great height prove nothing as to the motion or
stability of the Earth, since the object, if it be on a thing
that is in motion, will participate in that motion; but, if an
object be thrown, upwards from a body at rest, and, again, from
a body in motion, the circumstances attending its descent will
be very different. In the former case, it will fall, if thrown
vertically upwards, at the place from whence it was projected;
in the latter case, it will fall behind the moving body from
which it is thrown will leave it in the rear. Now, fix a gun,
muzzle upwards, accurately, in the ground; fire off a
projectile; and it will fall by the gun. If the Earth traveled
eleven hundred miles a minute, the projectile would fall behind
the gun, in the opposite direction to that of the supposed
motion. Since, then, this is NOT the case, in fact, the Earth's
fancied motion is negatived and we have a proof that the Earth
is not a, globe.
- It is in evidence that, if a projectile be fired from a
rapidly moving body in an opposite direction to that in which
the body is going, it will fall short of the distance at which
it would reach the ground if fired in the direction of motion.
Now, since the Earth is said to move at the rate of nineteen
miles in, a second of time, "from west to east," it would make
all the difference imaginable if the gun were fired in an
opposite direction. But, as, in practice, there is not the
slightest difference, whichever way the thing may be done, we
have a forcible overthrow of all fancies relative to the motion
of the Earth, and a striking proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- The Astronomer Royal, of England, George B. Airy, in his
celebrated work on Astronomy, the "Ipswich Lectures," says -
"Jupiter is a large planet that turns on his axis, and why do
not we turn?" Of course, the common sense reply is: Because the
Earth is not a planet! When, therefore, an astronomer royal puts
words into our mouth wherewith we may overthrow the supposed
planetary nature of the Earth, we have not far to go to pick up
a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- It has been shown that an easterly or a westerly motion is
necessarily a circular course round the central North, The only
north point or centre of motion of the heavenly bodies known to
man is that formed by the North Star, which is over the central
portion of the outstretched Earth. When, therefore, astronomers
tell us of a planet taking a westerly course round the Sun, the
thing is as meaningless to them as it is to us, unless they make
the Sun the northern centre of the motion, which they cannot do!
Since, then, the motion which they tell us the planets have is,
on the face of it, absurd; and since, as a matter of fact, the
Earth can have no absurd motion at all, it is clear that it
cannot be what astronomers say it is - a planet; and, if not a
planet, it is a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- In consequence of the fact being so plainly seen, by everyone
who visits the seashore, that the line of the horizon is a
perfectly straight line, it becomes impossible for astronomers,
when they attempt to convey, pictorially, an idea of the Earth's
"convexity," to do so with even a shadow of consistency: for
they dare not represent this horizon as a curved line, so well
known is it that it is a straight one! The greatest astronomer
of the age, in page 15 of his "Lessons," gives an illustration
of a ship sailing away, "as though she were rounding the top of
a great hill of water;" and there - of a truth - is the straight
and level line of the horizon clear along the top of the "hill"
from one side of the picture to the other! Now, if this picture
were true in all its parts - and it is outrageously false in
several - it would show that Earth is a cylinder; for the "hill"
shown is simply up one side of the level, horizontal line, and,
we are led to suppose, down the other! Since, then, we have such
high authority as Professor Richard A. Proctor that the Earth is
a cylinder, it is, certainly, a proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- In Mr. Proctor's "Lessons in Astronomy," page 15, a ship is
represented as sailing away from the observer, and it is given
in five positions or distances away on its journey. Now, in its
first position, its mast appears above the horizon, and,
consequently, higher than the observer's line of vision. But, in
its second and third positions, representing the ship as further
and further away, it is drawn higher and still higher up above
the line of the horizon! Now, it is utterly impossible for a
ship to sail away from an observer, under the, conditions
indicated, and to appear as given in the picture. Consequently,
the picture is a misrepresentation, a fraud, and a disgrace. A
ship starting to sail away from an observer with her masts above
his line of sight would appear, indisputably, to go down and
still lower down towards the horizon line, and could not
possibly appear - to anyone with his vision undistorted - as
going in any other direction, curved or straight. Since, then
the design of the astronomer-artist is to show the Earth to be a
globe, and the points in the picture, which would only prove the
Earth to be cylindrical if true, are NOT true, it follows that
the astronomer-artist fails to prove, pictorially, either that
the Earth is a globe or a cylinder, and that we have, therefore,
a reasonable proof that the Earth is not. a globe.
- It is a well-known fact that clouds are continually seen
moving in all manner of directions - yes, and frequently, in
different directions at the same time - from west to east being
as frequent a direction as any other. . Now, if the Earth were a
globe, revolving through space from west to east at the rate of
nineteen miles in a second, the clouds appearing to us to move
towards the east would have to move quicker than nineteen miles
in a second to be thus seen; whilst those which appear to be
moving in the opposite direction would have no necessity to be
moving at all, since the motion of the Earth would be more than
sufficient to cause the appearance. But it only takes a little
common sense to show us that it is the clouds that move just as
they appear to do, and that, therefore, the Earth is motionless.
We have, then a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- We read in the inspired book, or collection of books, called
THE BIBLE, nothing at all about the Earth being a globe or a
planet, from beginning to end, but hundreds of allusions there
are in its pages which could not be made if the Earth were a
globe, and which are, therefore, said by the astronomer to be
absurd and contrary to what he knows to be true! This is the
groundwork of modern infidelity. But, since every one of many,
many allusions to the Earth and the heavenly bodies in the
Scriptures can be demonstrated to be absolutely true to nature,
and we read of the Earth being "stretched out" "above the
waters," as "standing in the water and out of the water," of its
being "established that it cannot be moved," we have a store
from which to take all the proofs we need, but we will just put
down one proof - the Scriptural proof - that Earth is not a
globe.
- A "Standing Order" exists in the English Houses of Parliament
that in the cutting of canals, &c., the datum line employed
shall be a "horizontal line, which shall be the same throughout
the whole length of the work." Now if the Earth were a globe,
this "Order" could not be carried out: but, it is carried out:
therefore it is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- It is a well-known and indisputable fact that there is a far
greater accumulation of ice south of the equator than is to be
found at an equal latitude north: and it is said that at
Kerguelen, 50 degrees south, 18 kinds of plants exist, whilst,
in Iceland, 15 degrees nearer the northern centre, there are 870
species; and, indeed, all the facts in the case show that the
Sun's power is less intense at places in the southern region
than it is in corresponding latitudes north. Now, on the
Newtonian hypothesis, all this is inexplicable, whilst it is
strictly in accordance with the facts brought to light by the
carrying out of the principles involved in the Zetetic
Philosophy of "Parallax." This is a proof that the Earth is not
a globe.
- Every year the Sun is as long south of the equator as he is
north; and if the Earth were not "stretched out" as it is, in
fact, but turned under, as the Newtonian theory suggests it
would certainly get as intensive a share of the Sun's rays south
as north; but the Southern region being, in consequence of the
fact stated, - far more extensive than the region North, the
Sun, having to complete his journey round every twenty-four
hours, travels quicker as he goes further south, from September
to December, and his influence has less time in which to
accumulate at any given point. Since, then the facts could not
be as they are if the Earth were a globe, it is a proof that the
Earth is not a globe.
- The aeronaut is able to start in his balloon and remain for
hours in the air, at an elevation of several miles, and come
down again in the same county or parish from which he ascended.
Now, unless the Earth drag the balloon along with it in its
nineteen-miles-a-second motion, it must be left far behind, in
space: but, since balloons have never been known thus to be left
it is a proof that the Earth does not move, and, therefore, a
proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The Newtonian theory of astronomy requires that the Moon
"borrow" her light from the Sun. Now, since the Sun's rays are
hot and the Moon's light sends with it no heat at all, it
follows that the Sun and Moon are "two great lights," as we
somewhere read; that the Newtonian theory is a mistake; and
that, therefore, we have a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- The Sun and Moon may often be seen high in the heavens at the
same time - the Sun rising in the east and the Moon setting in
the west - the Sun's light positively putting the Moon's light
out by sheer contrast! If the Newtonian theory were correct, and
the moon had her light from the Sun, she ought to be getting
more of it when face to face with that luminary - if it were
possible for a sphere to act as a reflector all over its face!
But as the Moon's light pales before the rising Sun, it is a
proof that the theory fails; and is gives us a proof that the
Earth is not a globe.
- The Newtonian hypothesis involves the necessity of. the Sun,
in the case of a lunar eclipse, being on the opposite side of a
globular earth, to cast its shadow on the Moon: but, since
eclipses of the Moon have taken place with both the Sun and the
Moon above the horizon, it follows that it cannot be the shadow
of the Earth that eclipses the Moon; that the theory is a
blunder; and that it is nothing less than a proof that the Earth
is not a globe.
- Astronomers have never agreed amongst themselves about a
rotating Moon revolving round a rotating and revolving Earth -
this Earth, Moon, planets and their satellites all, at the same
time dashing through space, around the rotating and revolving
Sun, towards the constellation Hercules, at the rate of four
millions of miles a day! And they never will: agreement is
impossible! With the a Earth a plane and without motion, the
whole thing is clear. And if a straw will show which way the
wind blows, this may be taken as a pretty strong proof that the
Earth is not a globe.
- Mr. Proctor says.- "The Sun is so far off that even moving
from one side of the Earth to the other does not cause him to be
seen in a different direction - at least the difference is too
small to be measured." Now, since we know that north of the
equator, say 45 degrees, we see the Sun at mid-day to the south,
and that at the same distance south of the equator we see the
Sun at mid-day to the north, our very shadows on the round cry
aloud against the delusion of the day and give us a proof that
Earth is not a globe.
- There is no problem more important to the astronomer than that
of the Sun's distance from the Earth. Every change in the
estimate changes everything. NOW, since modern astronomers, in
their estimate of this distance, have gone all the way along the
line of figures from three millions of miles to a hundred and
four millions - today, the distance being something over
91,000,000; it matters not how much: for, not many years ago,
Mr. Hind gave the distance, "accurately," as 95,370,000! - it
follows that they don't know, and that it is foolish for anyone
to expect that they ever will know, the Sun's distance! And
since all this speculation and absurdity is caused by the
primary assumption that Earth is a wandering, heavenly body, and
is all swept away by a knowledge of the fact that Earth is a,
plane, it is a clear proof that Earth is not a globe.
- It is plain that a theory of measurements without a
measuring-rod is like a ship without a rudder; that a measure
that is not fixed, not likely to be fixed, and never has been
fixed, forms no measuring-rod at all; and that as modern
theoretical astronomy depends upon the Sun's distance from the
Earth as its measuring-rod, and the distance is not known, it is
a system of measurements without a measuring-rod - a ship
without a rudder. Now, since it is not difficult to foresee the
dashing of this thing upon the rock on which Zetetic astronomy
is founded, it is a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- It is commonly asserted that "the Earth must be a globe
because people have sailed round it." Now, since this implies
that we can sail round nothing unless it be a globe, and the
fact is well known that we can sail round the Earth as a plane,
the assertion is ridiculous, and we have another proof that
Earth is not a globe.
- It is a fact not so well known as it ought to be that when a
ship, in sailing away from us, has reached the point at which
her hull is lost to our unaided vision, a good telescope will
restore to our view this portion of the vessel. Now, since
telescopes are not made to enable people to see through a "hill
of water," it is clear that the hulls of ships are not behind a
hill of water when they can be seen through a telescope though
lost to our unaided vision. This is a proof that Earth is not a
globe.
- Mr. Glaisher, in speaking of his balloon ascents, says: "The
horizon always appears to be on a level with the car." Now,
since we may search among the laws of optics in vain for any
principle that would cause the surface of a globe to turn its
face upwards instead of downwards, it is a clear proof that the
Earth is not a globe.
- The Rev. D. Olmsted, in describing a diagram whish is supposed
to represent the Earth as a globe, with a figure of a man
sticking out at each side and one hanging head downwards, says
"We should dwell on this point until it appears to us as truly
up," In the direction given to these figures as it does with
regard to a figure which he has placed on the top! Now, a system
of philosophy which requires us to do something which is,
really, the going out of our minds, by dwelling on an absurdity
until we think it is a fact, Cannot be a system based on God's
truth, which never requires anything of the kind. Since, then,
the popular theoretical astronomy of the day requires this, it
is evident that it is the wrong thing, and that this conclusion
furnishes us with a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- It is often said that the predictions of eclipses prove
astronomers to be right in their theories. But it is not seen
that this proves too much. It is well known that Ptolemy
predicted eclipses for six-hundred years, on the basis of a
plane Earth, with as much accuracy as they are predicted by
modern observers. If, then, the predictions prove the truth of
the particular theories current at the time, they just as well
prove one side of the question as the other, and enable us to
lay claim to a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Seven-hundred miles is said to be the length of the great
Canal, in China, Certain it is that, when this canal was formed,
no "allowance" was made for "curvature." Yet the canal is a fact
without it. This is a Chinese proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- Mr. J.M. Lockyer says: Because the Sun seems to rise in the
east and set in the west, the Earth really spins in the opposite
direction; that is, from west to east," Now, this is no better
than though we were to say - Because a man seems to be coming up
the street, the street really goes down to the man! And since
true science would contain no such nonsense as this, it follows
that the so-called science of theoretical astronomy is not true,
and, we have another proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Mr. Lockyer says: "The appearances connected with the rising
and setting of the Sun and stars may be due either to our earth
being at rest and the Sun and stars traveling round it, or the
earth itself turning round, while the Sun and stars are at
rest." Now, since true science does not allow of any such
beggarly alternatives as these, it is plain that modern
theoretical astronomy is not true science, and that its leading
dogma is a fallacy. We have, then, a plain proof that the Earth
is not a globe.
- Mr. Lockyer, in describing his picture of the supposed proof
of the Earth's rotundity by means of ships rounding a "hill of
water," uses these words: - "Diagram showing how, when we
suppose the earth is round, we explain how it is that ships at
sea appear as they do." This is utterly unworthy of the name of
Science! A science that begins by supposing, and ends by
explaining the supposition, is, from beginning to end, a mere
farce. The men who can do nothing better than amuse themselves
in this way must be denounced as dreamers only, and their
leading dogma a delusion. This is a proof that Earth, not a
globe.
- The astronomers' theory of a globular Earth necessitates the
conclusion that, if we travel south of the equator, to see the
North Star is an impossibility. Yet it is well known this star
has been seen by navigators when they have been more than 20
degrees south of the equator. This fact, like hundreds of other
facts, puts the theory to shame, and gives us a proof that the
Earth is not a globe.
- Astronomers tell us that, in consequence of the Earth's
"rotundity," the perpendicular walls of buildings are, nowhere,
parallel, and that even the walls of houses on opposite sides of
a street are not! But, since all observation fails to find any
evidence of this want of parallelism which theory demands, the
idea must be renounced as being absurd and in opposition to all
well-known facts. This is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Astronomers have made experiments with pendulums which have
been suspended from the interior of high buildings, and have
exulted over the idea of being able to prove the rotation of the
Earth on its "axis," by the varying direction taken by the
pendulum over a prepared table underneath - asserting that the
table moved round under the pendulum, instead of the pendulum
shifting and oscillating in different directions over the table!
But, since it has been found that, as often as not, the pendulum
went round the wrong way for the "rotation" theory, chagrin has
taken the place of exultation, and we have a proof of the
failure of astronomers in their efforts to substantiate their
theory, and, therefore, a proof that Earth is not a globe.
- As to the supposed "motion of the whole Solar system in
space," the Astronomer Royal of England once said: "The matter
is left in a most delightful state of uncertainty, and I Shall
be very glad if anyone can help us out of it." But, since the
whole Newtonian scheme is, today, in a most deplorable state of
uncertainty - for, whether the Moon goes round the Earth or the
Earth round the Moon has, for years, been a matter of "raging"
controversy it follows that, root and branch, the whole thing,
is wrong; and, all hot from the furnace of philosophical
phrensy, we find a glowing proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- Considerably more than a million Earths would be required to
make up a body like the Sun -the astronomers tell us: and more
than 53,000 suns would be wanted to equal the cubic contents of
the star Vega. And Vega is a "small star!" And there are
countless millions of these stars! And it takes 30,000,000 years
for the light of some of those stars to reach us at 12,000,000
miles in a minute! And, says Mr. Proctor, "I think a moderate
estimate of the age of the Earth would be 500,000,000 years!
"Its weight," says the same individual, "is
6,000,000,000,000,000,000,060 tons!" Now, since no human being
is able to comprehend these things, the giving of them to the
world is an insult - an outrage. And though they have all risen
from the one assumption that Earth is a planet, instead of
upholding the assumption, they drag it down by the weight of
their own absurdity, and leave it lying in the dust - a proof
that Earth is not a globe.
- Mr. J. R. Young, in his work on Navigation, says. "Although
the path of the ship is on a spherical surface, yet we may
represent the length of the path by, a straight line on a plane
surface." (And plane sailing is the rule.) Now, since it is
altogether impossible to "represent" a curved line by a straight
one, and absurd to make the attempt, it follows that a straight
line represents a straight line and not a curved one. And, Since
it is the surface of the waters of the ocean that is being
considered by Mr. Young, it follows that this surface is a
straight surface, and we are indebted to Mr. Young, a professor
of navigation, for a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
- "Oh, but if the Earth is a plane, we could go to the edge and
tumble over!" is a very common assertion. This is a conclusion
that is formed too hastily, and facts overthrow it. The Earth
certainly is, what man by his observation finds it to be, and
what Mr. Proctor himself says it "seems" to be. flat - and we
cannot cross the icy barrier which surrounds it. This is a
complete answer to the objection, and, of course, a proof that
Earth is not a globe.
- "Yes, but we can circumnavigate the South easily enough," is
often said by those who don't know, The British Ship Challenger
recently completed the circuit of the Southern region -
indirectly, to be sure - but she was three years about it, and
traversed nearly 69,000 miles - a stretch long enough to have
taken her six times round on the globular hypothesis. This is a
proof that Earth is not a globe.
- The remark is common enough that we can see the circle of the
Earth if we cross the ocean, and that this proves it to be
round. Now, if we tie a donkey to a stake on a level common, and
he eats the grass all around him, it is only a circular disc
that he has to do with, not a spherical mass. Since, then,
circular discs may be seen anywhere - as well from a balloon in
the air as from the deck of a ship, or from the standpoint of
the donkey, it is a proof that the surface of the Earth is a
plane surface, and, therefore, a proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- It is supposed," in the regular course of the Newtonian
theory, that the Earth is, in June, about 190 millions of miles
(190,000,000) away from its position in December. Now, since we
can, (in middle north latitudes), see the North Star, on looking
out of a window that faces it - and out of the very same corner
of the very same pane of glass in the very same window - all the
year round, it is proof enough for any man in his senses that we
have made no motion at all. It is a proof that the Earth is not
a globe.
- Newtonian philosophers teach us that the Moon goes round: the
Earth from west to east. But observation - man's most certain
mode of gaining knowledge - shows us that the Moon never ceases
to move in the opposite direction - from east to west. Since,
then, we know that nothing can possibly move in two, opposite
directions at the same time, it is a proof that the thing is a
big blunder; and, in short, it is a proof that the Earth is not
a globe.
- Astronomers tell us. that the Moon, goes round the Earth in
about 28 days. Well, we may see her making her journey round
every. day, if we make use of our eyes and these are about the
best things we have to use. The Moon falls behind in her daily
motion as compared with that of the Sun to the extent of one
revolution in the time specified; but that is not making a
revolution. Failing to go as fast as other bodies go in one
direction does not constitute a going round in the opposite one
- as the astronomers would have us believe! And, since all this
absurdity has been rendered necessary for no other purpose than
to help other absurdities along, it is clear that the
astronomers are on the wrong track; and it needs no long train
of reasoning to show that we have found a proof that the Earth
is not a globe.
- It has been shown that the meridians are, necessarily,
straight lines; and that it is impossible to travel round the
Earth in a north or south direction: from which it follows that,
in the general acceptation of the word "degree" - the 360th -
part of a circle - meridians have no degrees: for no one knows
anything of a meridian circle or semicircle, to be thus divided.
But astronomers speak of degrees of latitude in the same sense
as those of longitude. This, then, is done by assuming that to
be true which is not true. Zetetic philosophy does not involve
this necessity. This proves that the basis of this philosophy is
a sound one, and, in short, is a proof that the Earth is not a
globe.
- If we move away from an elevated object on or over a plain or
a prairie, the height of the object will apparently diminish as
we do so. Now, that which is sufficient to produce this effect
on a small scale is sufficient on a large one; and traveling
away from an elevated object, no matter how far will cause the
appearance in question - the lowering of the object. Our modern
theoretical astronomers, however, in the case of the apparent
lowering of the North Star as we travel southward, assert that
it is evidence that the Earth is globular! But as it is clear
that an appearance which is fully, accounted for on the basis of
known facts cannot be permitted to figure as evidence in favor
of that which is only a supposition, it follows that we
rightfully order it to stand down, and make way for a proof that
the Earth is not a globe.
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