![]() ![]() Close to the last flag in the series a longer staff was fixed, bearing a flag 3 feet square, and the top of which was 8 feet above the surface of the water-the bottom being in a line with the tops of the other and intervening flags, as shown in the following diagram, Fig, 4. “ Along the edge of the water, in the same canal, six flags were placed, one statute mile from each other, and so arranged that the top of each flag was 5 feet above the surface. Of special interest, and in regards to the popularized subject of refraction, we look at the second experiment in the text.įrom Experiment Two of Earth Not a Globe we read: The Bedford Canal is a man-made canal which was selected as the most ideal location for the types of experiments performed due to the narrow passageways and low disturbance of the water's surface. Rowbotham lives near the canal and performs the experiment numerous times over a long period of time. ![]() The classic Flat Earth water convexity experiments were described in the book Earth Not a Globe by Samuel Birley Rowbotham. Water Convexity Experiments The Bedford Canal Experiments
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