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Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe If a good theodolite is placed on the summit of Shooter’s Hill, in Kent, and levelled, the line of sight, on being directed to Hampstead Hill, will cut the cross on St. Paul’s Cathedral, … Continue reading →

Published in The Earth Vol. III Nos. 33 & 34 April and May Note: This is from a booklet that was written around the turn of the 20th Century. The grammar, spelling and style is kept the same. To a … Continue reading →

Flat Earth Experiment Putting water on a spinning ball and filming it at high speed to see what it looks like.   This is what happens when the ball is spun by hand (a couple of miles per hour at the … Continue reading →

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe From the first floor of the “grand” hotel, opposite the new or western pier, at Brighton, in Sussex, a well-constructed instrument, called a “Clinometer,” was “levelled,” and directed towards the sea. The water seemed … Continue reading →

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe If a good theodolite is placed on the summit of Shooter’s Hill, in Kent, and levelled, the line of sight, on being directed to Hampstead Hill, will cut the cross on St. Paul’s Cathedral, … Continue reading →

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe The following sketch, fig. 34, represents a contracted section of the London and North-Western Railway, from London to FIG. 34. Liverpool, through Birmingham. The line A, B, is the surface, with its various inclines … Continue reading →

On the shore of Waterloo, England On the shore near Waterloo, a few miles to the north of Liverpool, a good telescope was fixed, at an elevation of 6 feet above the water. It was directed to a large steamer, … Continue reading →