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tended that the Pole Star was only 5,000 miles away and that the sun was only 10 miles in diameter."
The essay "Is the earth flat ?" written by Mr Macdonald was published in two parts in Astrological Magazine of July and August 1946 There the writer has tried to prove the theory 'that the earth is round' to be wrong on the basis of scientific evidence In that essay by assuming the world flat to be like a saucer, other phenomena of the universe have been explained Since the theme of our present essay is about Earth's Rotation, an extract from the essay of Mr Macdonald is reproduced here "The concentric and progressive motion of the Sun over the earth is in every sense practically demonstrable The earth like all other planets floats in space The sun moves and is the centre of our (known) universe The idea that the earth moves on its axis at the rate of 1000 miles an hour is rıdıculous." In this way, we find that in India as well as outside, this type of mixed theories have been advanced Books like P. L Geography, in which a logical treatment of the subject of earth's rotation has been made, have been written by Indians.
A Critic
In spite of the assumptions made regarding gravitation, and atmosphere, etc, some questions confronted those believing in mobility of the earth and they were questions the answers to which were not
