Syene and Alexandria are two North-South points with a distance of 500 nautical miles. Eratosthenes discovered through the shadow experiment that while the sun was exactly overhead of one city, it was 7°12' south of zenith at the other city.7°12' makes a sweep of 1/50th of the earth's longitude.Therefore we can take the distance of 500 nautical miles, multiply by 50, and find that the diameter of the Flat Earth is about 25,000 nautical miles.[Tom Bishop/quote]Does anyone else think this math is bs?
What part are you having trouble with, the fact that 7°12' makes a sweep of 1/50th of the earth's longitude, or the fact that 500 times 50 is 25,000?
I do have a little problem with the fact that you say 7°12' makes a sweep of 1/50th of the earth's longitude. That wouldn't be true on a flat earth.
Why not?
QuoteSyene and Alexandria are two North-South points with a distance of 500 nautical miles. Eratosthenes discovered through the shadow experiment that while the sun was exactly overhead of one city, it was 7°12' south of zenith at the other city.7°12' makes a sweep of 1/50th of the earth's longitude.Therefore we can take the distance of 500 nautical miles, multiply by 50, and find that the diameter of the Flat Earth is about 25,000 nautical miles.[Tom Bishop/quote]Does anyone else think this math is bs?What part are you having trouble with, the fact that 7°12' makes a sweep of 1/50th of the earth's longitude, or the fact that 500 times 50 is 25,000?
Since no-one had an explanation for altitudinal differences in gravity...
Quote from: fshy94 on January 16, 2008, 09:42:18 AMSince no-one had an explanation for altitudinal differences in gravity...No explanation for them can be given, chiefly because they do not occur.
Didn't we agree that your experiments to measure differences in gravity were not precise enough to come to a conclusion?
Sometimes I wish Eric was in the room with me so I could knock him over the head with a hammer.
if i remember, austria is an old, dis-used name for what is now Germany.
Quote from: eric bloedow on January 14, 2008, 06:05:30 PMi find it interesting that you say the gravity of the moon or anti-moon causes tides, when you ALSO claim that there IS no such thing AS gravity!I said the gravitational pull of the moons causes tides, not gravity.When we say gravity doesn't exist, we are referring to the force.
i find it interesting that you say the gravity of the moon or anti-moon causes tides, when you ALSO claim that there IS no such thing AS gravity!
I'm sorry, you might want to retake Physics 101, gravitation pull is a force dipshit. Stop contradicting your selves.
According to the Cosmological law, the universe must look similar all around.
We're all jealous of Raist.
Quote from: Germanicus on January 14, 2008, 01:30:06 PMAccording to the Cosmological law, the universe must look similar all around.What about that giant gaping hole in space that contains nothing for no apparent reason?
Quote from: ehal256 on January 17, 2008, 07:37:23 PMI'm sorry, you might want to retake Physics 101, gravitation pull is a force dipshit. Stop contradicting your selves.Gravitational pull is a fictitious force.
Quote from: Username on January 17, 2008, 07:52:32 PMQuote from: ehal256 on January 17, 2008, 07:37:23 PMI'm sorry, you might want to retake Physics 101, gravitation pull is a force dipshit. Stop contradicting your selves.Gravitational pull is a fictitious force.i thought you believed that gravity holds your infinite earth together?
The conspiracy has made it impossible to adequately explain FE theory in English.
so you believe "gravitation" holds earth together, but "gravitation" does not pull objects above earth down?!
Well, technically, but it can be simplified as a force. Newtonian physics, and really, TBH, it matters very little in this discussion. Take it out of here. Relativistic physics doesn't make much of a difference at this level, so meh. For their elucidation, gravity is technically a tendency, not a force, due to the curvature of space-time.