[geocentrism] Re: Tides

  • From: Neville Jones <njones@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:17:46 -0800

All,

"One event of unusual interest was the several very long lines across Lake Superior they were able to observe despite the fact they were theoretically not intervisible. While very rare, when found, these observations, known as refracted lines because the signals are seemingly lifted by atmospheric conditions so they can be sighted on, generally involve sights across water, as was the case here. One such line was reported in the 1930's Hudson River arc."

The above quote is from the fourth page of the reference that Paul supplied. Dracup (the author) skims over this, which is a pity, because this is a very interesting area of geodesic surveying work.

As for the claimed earth 'bulge', the margin for error in these surveys seems to me to make the definitive 'bulge' measurement questionable at the very least.

Neville.


-----Original Message-----
From: njones@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:37 -0800

Thank you, Paul. Yes, I did miss it, but will read it now.

Neville.


-----Original Message-----
From: paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 07:11:22 +0000 (GMT)


Neville J
 
You said in -- From Neville Jones Mon May 12 23:32:18 2008 --
Has this equatorial 'bulge' been measured or observed? Or is it assumed?
Perhaps you missed this -- From Paul Deema Mon Aug 20 15:16:59 2007 -- http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/geodetic1.html
Here you will find a reference to the measurement in the middle 1730s.

The results showed conclusively that one degree of the meridian was longer in Lapland than at Paris and proved Newton's postulate to be correct. The expedition to Peru, the present day Ecuador departed in 1735 and returned nine years later with results that confirmed the Lapland finding, i.e. one degree of the meridian is shorter at the equator than in France. [Emphasis added]

I sought to illustrate this -- see attachment -- but it appears to my eye that the illustration and the description differ. If anyone can alleviate my dilemma, I'd be grateful.

 

Paul D

 
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