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A QUESTIONNAIRE 13. If the earth is round
the Red Sea. But
The Mediterranean Ocean should be only six inches away from it is not so. Why?
14. If the earth rotates
The earth, having a diameter of 25,000 miles, to finish one daily revolution within 24 hours will have to cover about 1000 miles per hour. Thus when the earth runs at a speed of 1000 miles per hour, how does it remain in a good order with the animate and inanimate beings, big mountains with so many things on them, these seas, oceans, and rivers on it ?
15. If the earth rotates
Chicago is at a distance of the 1000 miles from New York. Can any person reach Chicago if he raises his aeroplarie and keeps it steady in the sky till he views Chicago below him on the rotating earth? Can a person reach San Francisco in the same way
keeping his aeroplane șteady in the sky ? 16. If the earth rotates...
The earth goes forward at the speed of about 16 miles a minute. Thus every minute the earth changes its position. Now if one shoots a bullet, how is it possible for the bullet to reach its original target ? And yet we see in practice that a clever shot never misses its target. How can this happen?
17. If the earth is round
Eric Canal from Loke Post to Rochester is 60 miles long, the circumference of the mouth of this canal ought to be 610 feet; in comparison with both the ends the middle part must be of 56 feet. But the report by the state engineers show that this
height is less than even 3 feet. Why so ? 18. If the earth is round
How is it that the level of the water is the same though there is sea on both the sides of the Swez Canal ? In comparision with the coast the middle part must be 166 feet
high; but why is it not so ? 19. If the earth is round
Geographical scientists say that the topmost part of a ship coming from a long distance is seen first; and then gradullay the entire ship becomes visible, But with the help of a binocular, that very part which appeared as the topmost part appears as the entire ship. If a photograph is taken, then the entire ship appears in it. Why so ? Does
the binocular or the camera remove the curve of the earth in between ? 20. If the earth is round
How can the people going to or residing in the area below the Mediterranean Line view the Polar Star ? How is it that the Polar Star appears upto 300 latitude in the south?
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