66. Dr. Rowbotham conducted some experiments using telescopes, spirit levels, sextants and theodolites. Dubay repeats Rowbotham’s claim these prove the Earth is flat.

“Dr. Rowbotham conducted several other experiments using telescopes, spirit levels, sextants and “theodolites,” special precision instruments used for measuring angles in horizontal or vertical planes. By positioning them at equal heights aimed at each other successively he proved over and over the Earth to be perfectly flat for miles without a single inch of curvature. His findings caused quite a stir in the scientific community and thanks to 30 years of his efforts, the shape of the Earth became a hot topic of debate around the turn of the nineteenth century.”



More worthless historic testimonials from a known charlatan

Samuel Rowbotham (Not Dr.) believed the Earth is flat so any quote from him will obviously
support this.  However we can ask how reliable a witness Mr Rowbotham is.

He was hardly a upstanding citizen, at one point going under the false names “S Golden” and "Dr. Samuel Birley" (presumably where Dubay gets the Dr title from) selling quack secrets for prolonging life and cures for every disease imaginable and patenting crackpot inventions such as fire-proof starch and a 'life-preserving cylindrical railway carriage.  He was infamous enough for a correspondent to the Leeds Times to label him a charlatan.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Rowbotham
See: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wbz9VHUKfuIC&pg=PA132-IA4&lpg=PA132-IA4&dq=life+preserving+cylindrical+carriage&source=bl&ots=uJMCLeqsKj&sig=rmhTbpvHVR9dDf2azjFTObPKOEA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTpvX-0-TZAhXJAsAKHTHYAq8Q6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=life%20preserving%20cylindrical%20carriage&f=false


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