Geomantic Misinformation Systems Part 5
Geomantic Misinformation Systems Part 5
Here we examine the notion that a 45 degree line across the globe cuts a latitude line every 100 diagonal miles.
Go here: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/sprong.html where you can enter a location, then a bearing and distance, and it will tell you the terminal point location. Try it at 45 degrees and 100 miles; begin at an even latitude. Try 90. (Joke!)
Seriously. Try 90, then 95, then 30. Look at the difference between 30, 40 and 50.
Use 78 30 00 W and 38 00 00 N, the location of Monticello. The top point of the district boundary is located at 77 02 28 W and 38 59 45 N. You will find that 100 miles does not reach, and that when you extend that line, it crosses 77 02 28 north of the top point.
Cort suggest that people couldn’t figure the ‘technology’ of latitude lines out except from a high altitude (space). I will discuss that in the next video.
The way the technology was kept in control of a small group of people is that not all people are comfortable with spherical trigonometry.
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Duration : 0:6:16
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