Does Earth Really Rotate and Review of Earth Shape

Author(s): Abhaysagar
Publisher: Jambudvi Vignyan Research Centre

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A learned man named J. MacDonald wrote an article 'Is the Earth Round ?' in 'The Astrological Magazine' of July-August 1946. The article substantiates that “The Earth Is Not Round,' and it also logiclly proves that the earth is not moving.
This article presents the theory that "The Sun Moves' and from that it has been regarded as ridiculous to believe that the earth moves and that too with a velocity of 1,000 miles per hour.*
Thus, much has been pondered over this topic outside India also.
In India also there are books like “P. L. Geography" and many others which have written by Indians. In these works the problem whether the earth rotates or not has been logically pondered over. In spite of the principle of Gravitation, and the theory of Atmosphere, certain questions still remain unsolved facing those who stand by and uphold the theory that the earth roatates. Those problems remain unsolved, and unrefuted. PROOFS FOR THE EARTH NOT MOVING
In the straight position in which the North Pole Star appears on 21st June, on 22nd December and 21st June, it also appears exactly in the same position. This clearly proves that the earth does not move.
According to the principle of the earth moving, we are able to perceive the displacement of Sun on every month and everyday. Then how is it that the North Pole Star is observed exactly in the same position on the months and all days ? (See for this Fig.1)
*"The concentric and progressive motion of the Sun over the Earth is in every sense practically demonstrable. The earth like all other planets floats in space. The Sun' moves and is the centre of our (known) Universe. The idea that the earth moves on its axis at the rate of 1,000 miles per hours is ridiculous."
-Astrological Magazine'
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