Pat Shannon
seeing as how you still advertise Edward Hendrie’s book for sale on your website, here’s a little essay I posted on his Great Mountain website, just now
Gordon Watson
………………
Dr Henry Makow
since the name of Edward Hendrie was folded-in to presentation of the Flat Earth thing, here’s a FACT that must be considered. On the cover of his book The Greatest Lie on Earth he uses the graphic image of Gleason’s Map which boasts that it is “scientifically and practically correct”. Yet a simple exercise in geometry undoes its basic proposition.
At page 44 of Mr Hendrie’s book he wrote > the distance from Clinton itself in a straight line from Edmonds as reported on FreeMapTools.com is 11.65 miles. Referring to Clinton and Edmonds Washington State. Notice = his authority for that distance on the surface of the Earth being FreeMapTools.com. That same website reports 11,039 kilometres | 6859 land miles | 5963 nautical miles, as the distance between Johannesburg South Africa and Sydney Australia. Several other websites corroborate these figures.
At page 284 of Mr Hendrie’ s book is an image of Gleason’s New Standard Map of the World. I sent away for this image on a poster. Overlayed on the image of the flat earth is the grid of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude as understood by modern science. The poster has a ruler showing the relationship of nautical miles to English miles and also, to degrees of latitude. One degree of latitude at the Equator is equal to 60 nautical miles. Thus, on the circle of the Equator on Gleason’s map each segment of 15 degrees is equivalent to 900 nautical miles.
I put a ruler on the image and took the measure of a segment of 15 degrees of latitude on the Equator. That distance on the rule being = one + one sixteenth of an inch. I then put that same ruler on that same poster, and measured the distance between Sydney Australia and Gauteng Province South Africa. Johannesburg is not shown on that map. I guess that in 1892, it wasn’t worthy of notice by a mapmaker. For my primitive demonstration Gauteng province is close enough to qualify. It is important that all-concerned appreciate that I took my measurement in a straight line, over the landmasses of China, India and Africa. Rather than the Great Circle Route over the oceans, such as flown by Quantas Airways. On the rule, the distance is exactly eleven inches.
Thus, according to the ruler provided by Edward Hendrie himself, the distance between Sydney and where Joburg is today, is 9317 nautical miles / 10,721 land miles. But his own authority = FreeMapTools.com = sez that that distance is 6859 land miles.
That glaring discrepancy is Mr Hendrie’s problem, not mine.
If FlatEarthers dispute the conclusion of this experiment, then onus is on them to present evidence re the mileage between Johannesburg and Sydney Australia, on a presumed, strictly flat, plane. The nature of evidence is that it can be tested ; if it cannot be tested, it isn’t evidence. Call up Quantas Airlines. Recently, they resumed flights between Sydney and Johannesburg. Quantas does not operate flights of fancy. Their airplanes deliver real people from one part of the globe, to another, in what we used to call “the real world”.
To the best of my knowledge, Johannesburg is in South Africa … and Sydney is in Australia.
why that’s a good starting point for EVIDENCE, is that the topography of FlatEarthi-ness, as illustrated by Gleason’s Map, is = from the Equator on out, radiating away from the North pole centre point, the surface area of the Earth gets larger, rather than decreases as in the model of the Earth as a globe
Via this image, Mr Hendrie posits that, from the Equator, towards what is commonly called “South”, the area on the surface of the Earth is significantly different than as portrayed on a model globe of the Earth. That enormous expanse ultimately bounded by an insurmountable wall of ice. What I gather from the very little I’ve read/ heard of their position : FlatEarthers say that what some of us call ” the continent of Antarctica”, does not exist at all.
his use of FreeMaps when it suits him, yet ignoring the figure on FreeMaps.com as it undoes the myth peddled by FlatEarthers, gives away the game.
He likes to quote Scripture, and good for him. So it’s worth noting that Jesus Christ opined : ‘someone who is not faithful in a little thing, won’t be faithful in big things.’
As a matter of FACT, the relationship of miles to degrees of latitude has been used by seafarers for at least 3 centuries as they depart a port, then return to it, relying upon it for navigation. You cannot argue with success. Or … maybe you can? Please give me the name and contact address for someone who claims they circumnavigated the continents, returning to home port, without using the parallels of longitude, as shown on Gleason’s Map. Frances Drake did, in 1577, on his voyage around the world. A major part of his secret mission, was ; to get more and better information about how to calculate longitude. In FACT, carved in stone to this day, are remains of the gigantic astronomical instrument which he built at Nehalem Bay Oregon.
for high adventure along with a history lesson, I recommend the book “The Secret Voyage of Francis Drake” by Sam Bawlf. In order to write it, Mr Bawlf went to the archives of the British Navy, and viewed hard copy of material which had been created by Captain Drake, 400 years earlier. FACT is, it was the information gained by Drake et al. ( never forgetting his bold crew) which enabled Britannia to rule the waves. The book is especially valuable for Christians to read Drake’s own testimony regarding his reliance upon God Almighty. Drake didn’t believe in the Flat Earth. Neither did the men in King Solomon’s navy, who were circumnavigating the world 3000 years ago. Babblers like Edward Hendrie are “children calling out to each other on the playground”. They can never take away the accomplishments of the Great Seafarers of old
Gordon S Watson
Metchosin British Columbia
May 1st 2022 A. D.
Pat Shannon
seeing as how you still advertise Edward Hendrie’s book for sale on your website, here’s a little essay I posted on his Great Mountain website, just now
Gordon Watson
………………
Dr Henry Makow
since the name of Edward Hendrie was folded-in to presentation of the Flat Earth thing, here’s a FACT that must be considered. On the cover of his book The Greatest Lie on Earth he uses the graphic image of Gleason’s Map which boasts that it is “scientifically and practically correct”. Yet a simple exercise in geometry undoes its basic proposition.
At page 44 of Mr Hendrie’s book he wrote > the distance from Clinton itself in a straight line from Edmonds as reported on FreeMapTools.com is 11.65 miles. Referring to Clinton and Edmonds Washington State. Notice = his authority for that distance on the surface of the Earth being FreeMapTools.com. That same website reports 11,039 kilometres | 6859 land miles | 5963 nautical miles, as the distance between Johannesburg South Africa and Sydney Australia. Several other websites corroborate these figures.
At page 284 of Mr Hendrie’ s book is an image of Gleason’s New Standard Map of the World. I sent away for this image on a poster. Overlayed on the image of the flat earth is the grid of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude as understood by modern science. The poster has a ruler showing the relationship of nautical miles to English miles and also, to degrees of latitude. One degree of latitude at the Equator is equal to 60 nautical miles. Thus, on the circle of the Equator on Gleason’s map each segment of 15 degrees is equivalent to 900 nautical miles.
I put a ruler on the image and took the measure of a segment of 15 degrees of latitude on the Equator. That distance on the rule being = one + one sixteenth of an inch. I then put that same ruler on that same poster, and measured the distance between Sydney Australia and Gauteng Province South Africa. Johannesburg is not shown on that map. I guess that in 1892, it wasn’t worthy of notice by a mapmaker. For my primitive demonstration Gauteng province is close enough to qualify. It is important that all-concerned appreciate that I took my measurement in a straight line, over the landmasses of China, India and Africa. Rather than the Great Circle Route over the oceans, such as flown by Quantas Airways. On the rule, the distance is exactly eleven inches.
Thus, according to the ruler provided by Edward Hendrie himself, the distance between Sydney and where Joburg is today, is 9317 nautical miles / 10,721 land miles. But his own authority = FreeMapTools.com = sez that that distance is 6859 land miles.
That glaring discrepancy is Mr Hendrie’s problem, not mine.
If FlatEarthers dispute the conclusion of this experiment, then onus is on them to present evidence re the mileage between Johannesburg and Sydney Australia, on a presumed, strictly flat, plane. The nature of evidence is that it can be tested ; if it cannot be tested, it isn’t evidence. Call up Quantas Airlines. Recently, they resumed flights between Sydney and Johannesburg. Quantas does not operate flights of fancy. Their airplanes deliver real people from one part of the globe, to another, in what we used to call “the real world”.
To the best of my knowledge, Johannesburg is in South Africa … and Sydney is in Australia.
why that’s a good starting point for EVIDENCE, is that the topography of FlatEarthi-ness, as illustrated by Gleason’s Map, is = from the Equator on out, radiating away from the North pole centre point, the surface area of the Earth gets larger, rather than decreases as in the model of the Earth as a globe
Via this image, Mr Hendrie posits that, from the Equator, towards what is commonly called “South”, the area on the surface of the Earth is significantly different than as portrayed on a model globe of the Earth. That enormous expanse ultimately bounded by an insurmountable wall of ice. What I gather from the very little I’ve read/ heard of their position : FlatEarthers say that what some of us call ” the continent of Antarctica”, does not exist at all.
his use of FreeMaps when it suits him, yet ignoring the figure on FreeMaps.com as it undoes the myth peddled by FlatEarthers, gives away the game.
He likes to quote Scripture, and good for him. So it’s worth noting that Jesus Christ opined : ‘someone who is not faithful in a little thing, won’t be faithful in big things.’
As a matter of FACT, the relationship of miles to degrees of latitude has been used by seafarers for at least 3 centuries as they depart a port, then return to it, relying upon it for navigation. You cannot argue with success. Or … maybe you can? Please give me the name and contact address for someone who claims they circumnavigated the continents, returning to home port, without using the parallels of longitude, as shown on Gleason’s Map. Frances Drake did, in 1577, on his voyage around the world. A major part of his secret mission, was ; to get more and better information about how to calculate longitude. In FACT, carved in stone to this day, are remains of the gigantic astronomical instrument which he built at Nehalem Bay Oregon.
for high adventure along with a history lesson, I recommend the book “The Secret Voyage of Francis Drake” by Sam Bawlf. In order to write it, Mr Bawlf went to the archives of the British Navy, and viewed hard copy of material which had been created by Captain Drake, 400 years earlier. FACT is, it was the information gained by Drake et al. ( never forgetting his bold crew) which enabled Britannia to rule the waves. The book is especially valuable for Christians to read Drake’s own testimony regarding his reliance upon God Almighty. Drake didn’t believe in the Flat Earth. Neither did the men in King Solomon’s navy, who were circumnavigating the world 3000 years ago. Babblers like Edward Hendrie are “children calling out to each other on the playground”. They can never take away the accomplishments of the Great Seafarers of old
Gordon S Watson
Metchosin British Columbia
May 1st 2022 A. D.
(FROM ED HENDRIE)
https://greatmountainpublishing.com/2022/05/02/documentary-video-presents-compelling-evidence-that-the-earth-is-flat-and-stationary/