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THIS book is pure paradox; it takes us back to pre-Copernican days, and asserts that the earth is flat and stationary, with the heavenly bodies within a few thousands of miles of it. Incidentally the author quotes astronomical facts incorrectly, giving the earth's rotational speed as 18 miles a second, that being actually the orbital speed. The difficulties alleged about falling bodies with a moving earth were of course in the minds of thinking men centuries ago, but were completely removed by the discovery of the true laws of force and motion.
Does the Earth Rotate?
By William Edgell. Reprint. Pp. 69. (Radstock, Som.: The Author, Westfield House, 1927.) n.p.
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C., A. Does the Earth Rotate? . Nature 121, 981 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121981d0
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