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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 an ocular demonstration and proof that Earth is not a globe. “—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #1
When one rises with a hot air balloon or airplane, the horizon always remains at eye level. If the Earth were a sphere, at the altitude of 20.000 feet, the horizon would drop below the observer’s line of sight on the airplane/balloon. In reality, it does not matter how high you ascend; the horizon keeps rising.
“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. “—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #2
“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 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 is 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 plain proof that the Earth is not a globe.”—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #6
“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 of a plain or 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 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.”—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #32
Scientists assume the water’s convexity because they have no other way to explain the appearance and disappearance of ships at sea. They assume, therefore water is convex. “Surely, this celebrated scientist should have known that they can draw no real proof from mere assumption.”
“The true law of perspective at the horizon requires the eye of the observer to see the higher part of an object before he can see the lower. The horizon or the line where the sea and the sky seem to meet is always on a level with the eye, no matter how high the observer may be above the water’s surface.”
“If on a straight road, we observe a row of lamps, which are all of the same sizes, we shall find, that on our standpoint, their height will gradually diminish as we look toward the farter end; but, if we approach that end, the nearer we get to it, the higher proportionately will the lamps appear. If we look at a frozen lake from a certain distance, we shall observe people who appear to be skating on their knees. But when they get nearer, we may see they skate on their feet. If we look through a straight tunnel, we shall notice that the roof and the roadway below converge to the point of light at the end. The same law makes the hills sink to the horizon as the observer recedes, which explains how the ship’s hull disappears in the offing. When the sea is undisturbed by waves, the hull can be restored to sight by the aid of a good telescope long after it has disappeared from the naked eye, thus proving that the ship had not gone down behind the watery hill of a convex globe, but is still sailing on the level of a plane sea.” —David Wardlaw Scott: Terra Firma
Water is always level and therefore cannot be anything but perfectly flat. About 75% of the Earth’s surface is water. How could the remaining 25% of land make the Earth a globe?
Flat ice
Accurately calculate the curvature you are supposed to see on the ball-Earth.
Distance and supposed curvature
| 1 km | 0.00008 km = 0.08 meters |
| 2 km | 0.00031 km = 0.31 meters |
| 5 km | 0.00196 km = 1.96 meters |
| 10 km | 0.00785 km = 7.85 meters |
| 20 km | 0.03139 km = 31.39 meters |
| 50 km | 0.19620 km = 196.20 meters |
| 100 km | 0.78479 km = 784.79 meters |
| 200 km | 3.13897 km = 3138.97 meters |
| 500 km | 19.6101 km = 19610.09 meters |
| 1000 km | 78.3196 km = 78319.62 meters |
Explanation:
- The Earth’s radius (r) is 6371 km or 3959 miles, based on numbers from science,
- which gives a circumference (c)of c = 2 * π * r = 40 030 km.
- We wish to find the height (h), which is the drop in curvature over the distance (d)
- Using the circumference, we find that 1 kilometer has the angle 360° / 40 030 km = 0.009°.
- The angle (a) is then a = 0.009° * distance (d)
- The derived formula h = r * (1 – cos a) is accurate for any distance (d)
Lighthouses
“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 sea level than it absolutely is 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.”—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #5
“The Cordovan lighthouse on the west coast of France is 207 feet high and is visible 31 statue miles. If we make the usual astronomic allowance for the supposed curvature of water, it should be invisible, as it would be 210 feet below the horizon. The Madras light is 132 feet high and can be seen 28 statute miles, but reckoning the astronomic convexity, it could not bee seen, as it would be below the horizon at least 220 feet.” Captains recorded that they could observe the Danger Point Light (South Africa) from a distance of over fifty miles on a clear night. If the world would be a globe, the light should have been 1666 feet below the line of sight.“—David Wardlaw Scott: Terra Firma
United States Coast Guard’s
The Island of Corsica, taken from Nevi, 139 miles(224km) away from the tallest peak of Corsica, Monte Cinto. The Peak of Monte Cinto should be 1875 feet(572m) below the horizon.
The distance between Canigou and Marseille is 175 miles (281 km). The peak of the mountain should be 3000 feet (1000m) below the line of sight.
Canals
“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 cutting proof that Earth is not a globe.”—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #3
The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean sea, 100 miles long, and is continued the whole way horizontally from sea to sea. There is not a single lock on the Canal. It is clear that there is no curvature for the entire hundred miles, had there been, the middle of the Canal would have been 1666 feet higher than at either end. The Great Canal of China, which is 700 miles long, was made without regard to any allowance for supposed curvature.
Rivers
“There are rivers that flow east, west, north, and south— that is, rivers are flowing in all directions over the Earth’s surface and at the same time. If the Earth were a globe, some of these rivers would be flowing up-hill and others down… But, since rivers do not flow up-hill, and the spherical theory requires that they should, it is proof that the Earth is not a globe.”—WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #85
“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, reasonable proof that Earth is not a globe.” —WM. Carpenter: 100 Proofs #4
“Whoever heard of a river of any part of its course flowing uphill? Yet this it would be required to do was the Earth a Globe. The Mississippi River flows from the North southwards towards the Equator. According to astronomic theory, the Mississippi would need to run upwards. Astronomers claim that the Earth at the Equator bulge out considerably more, or in other words, is higher than any other part. Thus, in its immense course of over 3000 miles, the Mississippi would have to ascend eleven miles before it reached the Gulf of Mexico. The great river Niles flows for a thousand miles with a fall of only one foot, which of course would be a sheer impossibility, was the astronomic curvature a reality.” —David Wardlaw Scott: Terra Firma
Railways
Surveyors and engineers are not required to factor the supposed curvature of the Earth. Canals and railways are always cut and laid horizontally, often over hundreds of miles, without curvature allowance.
“All our locomotives are designed to run on what may be regarded as true levels or flats. They are, of course, partial inclines or gradients, here and there, but they are always accurately defined and must be carefully traversed. But anything approaching eight inches in the mile, increasing as the square of the distance, could not be worked by any engine that was ever yet constructed. Taking one station with another all over England and Scotland, we may state that all the platforms are on the same relative level.” —Birmingham Weekly, February 15, 1890
“One hundred and eighteen miles of level railway, and yet the surface on which is projected a globe? Impossible, it can not be. Early in 1898, I met Mr. Hughes, chief officer of the steamer City of Lincoln. This gentleman told me he has projected thousands of miles of level railway in South America and never heard for any allowance for curvature being made. On one occasion, he surveyed over one thousand miles of railway, which was a perfectly straight line all the way. It is well known that in the Argentine Republic and other parts of South America, there are railways thousands of miles long without curve or gradient. In projecting railways, the world is acknowledged to be a plane, and if it were a globe, the rules of projection have yet to be discovered. Level railways prove a level world, to the utter confusion of the globular school of impractical men with high salaries and little brains.” —Thomas Winship: Zetetic Cosmogeny (Source: Eric Dubay Flat Earth Conspiracy)
The testimony of buildings and bridges
Parallel lines that are always the same distance apart and never touch. The fact that columns on bridges parallel testify to the fact that the Earth is flat. How?
If two plumb bobs are hung from a bridge or any high platform, the lines attached to the plumb bobs will be the same distance apart at the top as at the bottom. The lines always are parallel no matter how far apart they are hung. That parallel phenomenon could only happen on a flat Earth. If the Earth were a sphere, the spherical Earth theory requires that the distance between the plumb bobs at the top would be greater than at the bottom. That is because, on a globe Earth, the theory of gravity requires that a plumb bob, wherever it is on Earth, must be pulled to the center of the Earth. The force of gravity’s vectors would be like the spokes on a wheel splaying outward from the center of the wheel. The plumb bobs would follow the force vectors of gravity if the Earth were a globe. But that is not what we see. What we see is that the lines holding the two adjacent plumb bobs will always be parallel.
Akashi Kaikyo is the world’s longest suspension bridge. There are 1991 meters between the suspension towers which are 282 meters high—the engineers planned for the towers to be vertically upright and parallel.
Buildings are built upon the same principles as bridges, with the walls plumbed level to Earth’s surface. If the Earth were a sphere, the walls would splay outward from one another on all buildings. On a globe, no walls in any construction could be parallel. Every floor on a high-rise building would be progressively larger as you get higher. High-rise structures are built using uniform spans of steel. Buildings have level floors with parallel walls, thus proving the Earth is flat.
The WTC Towers’ blueprints also prove that the Earth cannot be a globe because they show that the building is a perfect square cuboid. WTC buildings were 110 stories tall and rose 1368 feet high. Each side of the building was 207 feet, 2 inches wide, on the first floor, as it did on the 110th floor, 1368 feet above the ground. Such an occurrence would be impossible on a globe. The towers were built using massive steel girders that were prefabricated offsite in uniform dimensions with preset holes, which means that all of the floors were the same size. If the Earth were a globe, the girders could not be assembled because the bolts and rivets’ holes would not line up. This would be an issue for all four walls, as the splaying outward of the walls and corners would be in all directions on each floor. Source: Edward Hendrie: The Greatest Lie
I took the following pictures in a small seaside town. The sun is just rising, and its rays cast a shadow on the side of the house. The shadow of the balcony is parallel to the street level. So the building makes an angle of 90 degrees with the sun’s rays above the Sea. That means the Sea and the Earth is flat all the way.
If the Globe were to turn east, the buildings would “tilt” in the morning relative to the sun. The shadow of the balcony would be at least 45 degrees to the horizontal. One can also do this observation in the evening. The principle is the same, only then is the sun to the west. The shadows will remain horizontal, proving the motionless Earth.
It is important to make observations in the real world: the sun’s movement, the stars, and the moon phases. I often watch the night sky with my binoculars and think about the heavenly “bodies.” I have learned how to make a sun-dial with a compass or even without a compass. I read a lot about ancient navigation tools like the sextant and astrolabe. I learned the basic principles of navigation by stars. The more I knew, the more I understood about the place we live on, our origin, and our purpose.
I often go to the Seashore and think about the Truth:
“Thus saith YAHUAH, The heaven is my throne, and the Earth is my footstool.
—Book of Isaiah
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the Earth?
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the Earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the Earth as vanity.“