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Bedford Experiment 'evidence'
« on: November 18, 2018, 12:12:32 AM »
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Perhaps the best example of flat earth proof is the Bedford Level Experiment. In short, this was an experiment performed many times on a six-mile stretch of water that proved the surface of the water to be flat. It did not conform to the curvature of the earth that round earth proponents teach.

If the Earth is a sphere of 24,901 miles equatorial diameter then a 6 mile section would appear flat. 6 miles would represent an arc of just 0.02% of the total circumference. Not enough to show any noticeable curve.

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Re: Bedford Experiment 'evidence'
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2018, 12:44:34 AM »
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Perhaps the best example of flat earth proof is the Bedford Level Experiment. In short, this was an experiment performed many times on a six-mile stretch of water that proved the surface of the water to be flat. It did not conform to the curvature of the earth that round earth proponents teach.

If the Earth is a sphere of 24,901 miles equatorial diameter then a 6 mile section would appear flat. 6 miles would represent an arc of just 0.02% of the total circumference. Not enough to show any noticeable curve.

From the famous (infamous) Hampden/Wallace Bedford Level wager, one of the attempts was something like a 13' viewing height with 13' high poles placed at I think 1 mile intervals for the whole of the 6 mile distance. Here's what it might have looked like with one pole at 3 miles and the other at 6. FE left, RE right: