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| Keywords: Rowbotham Earth not a globe 1867 fig 4.jpg en This shows the line of sight between North Wales and the Isle of Man in Britain and how Rowbotham used lines of sight from sea level to demonstrate how far below the horizon the other side would be The heights are puzzling The highest hill in the south of the Isle of Man is S Barrule which is only 1 584ft high and Great Orme is 682' The nearest hill about 1 944' in Wales is Y Ro Wen which is 20 miles further away The highest hill in IOM is Snaefell at 2 037' Possibly he miscalculated the total curvature over 60 miles which is 2 418' Over 30 miles which is the proper distance to use the height is 605' 1867 Earth is not a Globe 1867 Samuel Rowbotham other versions PD-old-70-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard Flat-earth models | ||||
