01-11-2015, 12:28 PM
(01-11-2015, 02:54 AM)darklight Wrote: Very interesting since Ra use many times the word "sphere".
So how can we calculate the shape of the planet while existing within it?
Simple math can do that. If you take the surface of a balloon and with a pen draw a triangle on it, then measure the individual angles within the triangle, you will find that the sum of these three angles adds up to just over 180. On any flat surface these 3 measurements always add up to exactly 180.
This same method has been tried on the earths surface by plotting 3 points in different continents, a triangle formed and internal angles measured. The sums added up to slightly more than 180.
This chap helped to change perceptions regarding the flat earth thinking in the past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei