72) “October 16, 1854 the Times
newspaper reported the Queen’s visit to Great Grimsby from Hull recording they
were able to see the 300 foot tall dock tower from 70 miles away. On a
ball-Earth 25,000 miles in circumference, factoring their 10 foot elevation
above the water and the tower’s 300 foot height, at 70 miles away the dock
tower should have remained an entire 2,600 feet below the horizon.”
Very phony numbers
The distance from the riverside of Hull to Grimsby Dock Tower is no more than 15.5 miles (not 70!), so roughly 25km.
The height of Grimsby Dock Tower of 94m alone, leaving out other factors like ground level elevation and refraction, accounts for a horizon distance of 34.6km from the tower.
http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm
The distance from the riverside of Hull to Grimsby Dock Tower is no more than 15.5 miles (not 70!), so roughly 25km.
The height of Grimsby Dock Tower of 94m alone, leaving out other factors like ground level elevation and refraction, accounts for a horizon distance of 34.6km from the tower.
http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm
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