128. Ancient sundials and moondials still keep time perfectly which would be impossible on a rotating Earth orbiting the Sun
"There are huge centuries-old stone sundials and moondials all over the world which still tell the time now down to the minute as perfectly as the day they were made. If the Earth, Sun and Moon were truly subject to the number of contradictory revolving, rotating, wobbling and spiraling motions claimed by modern astronomy, it would be impossible for these monuments to so accurately tell time without constant adjustment."
Dubay is just making stuff up again
Once again Dubay is trying to imply that science claims the Earth is moving like some sort of roller-coaster ride. Science doesn’t, and the Earth isn’t.
If we ignore Dubay’s attempt to ridicule science by exaggerating the changing motion of the Earth, it is true that an elliptical orbit and an axial tilt would mean that a sundial would be unable to indicate the time accurately each day. The position on the sundial would differ depending of the day of the year.
Unfortunately for Mr Dubay and flat earthers, this is exactly what does happen.
In fact the accuracy of the sundial varies throughout the year exactly as we would expect if the Earth was a rotating sphere with an axial tilt rotating around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. Many sundials even have a plaque attached to them detailing corrections that need to be made.
Once again Dubay’s claims that observations agree with a flat earth and not a globe Earth are easily shown to be bogus. Dubay has never actually made any proper observations. He just makes stuff up as usual.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial#Adjustments_to_calculate_clock_time_from_a_sundial_reading
The following images show plaques with instructions to help compensate for the Sundial's inaccurate readings.
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Dubay is just making stuff up again
Once again Dubay is trying to imply that science claims the Earth is moving like some sort of roller-coaster ride. Science doesn’t, and the Earth isn’t.
- The Earth is a sphere orbiting at a steady speed. It is gradually slowing down but only at 2.3 milliseconds per century.
- The Earth has an axial tilt that does wobble, but by a very small amount and imperceptibly slowly. During a cycle that averages about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.
- The Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse that has remained hardly changed for aeons.
If we ignore Dubay’s attempt to ridicule science by exaggerating the changing motion of the Earth, it is true that an elliptical orbit and an axial tilt would mean that a sundial would be unable to indicate the time accurately each day. The position on the sundial would differ depending of the day of the year.
Unfortunately for Mr Dubay and flat earthers, this is exactly what does happen.
In fact the accuracy of the sundial varies throughout the year exactly as we would expect if the Earth was a rotating sphere with an axial tilt rotating around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. Many sundials even have a plaque attached to them detailing corrections that need to be made.
Once again Dubay’s claims that observations agree with a flat earth and not a globe Earth are easily shown to be bogus. Dubay has never actually made any proper observations. He just makes stuff up as usual.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial#Adjustments_to_calculate_clock_time_from_a_sundial_reading
The following images show plaques with instructions to help compensate for the Sundial's inaccurate readings.
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| Source: http://readtheplaque.com/plaque/sundial-plaque-horniman-museum |
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| Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaque_with_time_equation_at_the_Equatorial_sundial_by_J%C3%B3zsef_M%C3%A9r%C5%91._-_%C3%89rd.JPG |
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| Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/82134796@N03/36480136061 |
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