100 Proofs That Earth Is Not A Globe: 2017 Updated Edition

by William Carpenter

100 proofs the earth is not a globe, examples being "Parallels of latitude--Circles, The "spherical loadstone", Motion of the Clouds. 44 pages.

Genres: History, Research, Conspiracy Theories

66 pages, Paperback

First published June 27, 1885

Reviews

[Petri Launiainen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bought this just for fun after writing the Epilogue of my book.

These claims were wrong 100 years ago, and they are even more wrong today.

[Damon Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

The observations of William Carpenter are as relevant today as they were over 100 years ago and just as easy to demonstrate to those individuals curious enough to discover 'our Earth's true nature'.

Mr Petri, who has rated Carpenters worthy observations one star only, has apperently written a 'learned book' on this subject, to which I requested Mr Petri to provide me with some 'like for like and point for point' evidences, as I was intrigued to discover just what Mr Petri had 'in his tool-box' to warrant giving a measly one star to what I consider 'first class observations by Carpenter'.

Mr Petri not only failed to answer any of my queries, but instead, repeatedly plugged his book...........I find it ironic that Mr Petri's apparent reasons for promoting his 'assumptions/theories, is 'making a profit' whereby, in stark contrast, I am in the process of selling my property for the purpose of 'promoting Truth and exposing the Lies' re Our Perceived Reality.

The Truth Always Stands Up When Put Under Close Scrutiny............................................God Bless.

[Eric Dubay · Rating 5 out of 5]

William Carpenter was personal friends with Samuel Rowbotham and present with John Hampden and Alfred Wallace during "The Great Bedford Level Swindle," experiments. His 1888 book 100 Proofs Earth is Not a Globe gives one hundred bullet-points of evidence that Earth is a level motionless plane. This concise and compelling format was the inspiration for my own book published in 2015, "200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball."

[Andy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Like the other poster below, I found this on gutenburg.org as well. I didn't know what to expect, but I wasn't surprised by what I saw. It's quick, but you're going to be hit across the head with stanza-like rhetoric of William Carpenter saying "this is proof that the Earth is not a globe" 100 times. That's right. He says that after every proof. There is a lot of vitriol and anger from him.

[Joseph Pardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

PLANEt Earth. Sea LEVEL. HORIZONtal.

[Brett Larter · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are many books in the world and I somehow found myself spending an hour reading this one.

[Grace J · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for an English paper. Was really interesting to read the beliefs of an opposing viewpoint and the information was broken up into easy to read and understand paragraphs. That being said however, many of his so called “proofs” can easily be disproved by critical thinking and simple logic. Many of the proofs contain fallacies and there is no evidence in the book that withstands logic and science.

[Rex Libris · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a freebie off of Project Gutenberg. Written in 1885 the author argues for the proposition of a flat earth. I was wondering if it would be a satirical work like Swift, but nope, the author was serious. Evan as far as 1885 scienc goes, the proofs were less than convincing.

[S. Runyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Compelling and indisputable proofs of stationary geocentricity. Very simple to understand but difficult for most to accept.

[Inga · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fascinating—not because it conclusively disproves modern science, but because it reminds us how important it is to question what we’re taught and to understand why we believe what we do. William Carpenter’s arguments come from a very different era, but the 2017 updated edition presents his 19th-century reasoning in a way that still challenges readers to think critically.

It’s easy to dismiss the premise outright. Still, if you approach it with curiosity instead of defensiveness, you’ll see how Carpenter’s observations reflect the scientific limitations and debates of his time. Reading it today can help us appreciate how far measurement, observation, and physics have come—and also how persuasive certain arguments can sound when stripped of modern context. Rather than treating it as “proof,” I think it’s best viewed as an opportunity for deeper investigation. Why did people once believe this? What tools or evidence were missing? And how can we communicate scientific understanding better so that misconceptions don’t persist?

In short, 100 Proofs That Earth Is Not a Globe isn’t a modern scientific text—but it does succeed at raising awareness about how evidence, perception, and belief interact. It’s a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the history of scientific thought and the importance of continual questioning.

[Kaleb Flowers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Consider this paper in the time it was made, a time before we knew beyond a doubt the earth is a globe indeed. While Carpenter uses some proofs that are able to be argued against with our current knowledge, imagine the complexity they might have offered back in the day. Even with absolute fact in our favor, you may still find it a fun exercise to offer a scientific refutation to each of his proofs; give it a try if you wish to see how well your own knowledge is.

I especially enjoy the letters and articles recorded in the appendix, they offer an interesting outlook at history where this paper seemingly had no true opposition for quite a while. In his letters of direct challenge we see how passionate Carpenter is on his stance, as well as a lovely archive of publications about the paper giving a glimpse of its reception at the time.

[chrstphre campbell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly Presented— ?

As with any ( many ) of these types of disputes; ( Evolution, Moon Landings, Bigfoot, Faeries, 911, Election Results, Quantum Interpretations… et al ) they have strong & weak arguments, & critics attack The weakest arguments & ignore The Stronger — So maybe it would be best to keep The weakest arguments out of The hands of our ‘Enemies’ !
This book has far too many weak arguments, which may be taken as equally valid by neophytes being introduced to this subject matter !
Also; Many of these stronger arguments might well be served & strengthened further by some concise & elegant illustrations !
Even a line break between arguments would make keeping these individual points clearer ?

[Forked Radish · Rating 2 out of 5]

Largely moronic, but thought provoking... Of course the Earth isn't a globe, but neither is it a big pizza pie with continent toppings and an ice crust. It's a ______.
Note: if you want to fill in the blank read Relativity: The Special and General Theory. A clue 🐌

[Michael Toon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Since the earth is factually a globe, and this book is not satire, it's very wrong. It's really easy to show the earth is not flat: due to perspective, the sun could never set if the earth were flat.

You would absolutely see the sun all day, every day if the earth were flat.

[Ashleigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book on Project Gutenberg and it's crazy to me that people believe this. They use the both the sun and the moon circling the earth as reasons why the earth is flat. Between that and using the Bible as a reason, to me this book doesn't hold up.

[Christiane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Print

The print errors were so bad I could not finish the book. They were so irritating that I could not focus on the subject matter.

[Sacke Svensson · Rating 1 out of 5]

WhAt A f*InG StUpIdIdy. OnLy IdIOtS cAn BeLiEve tHiS ShIt

[Arsh Dhawan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Amusing, how can someone be this dumb?

[Antonio Rivera · Rating 1 out of 5]

"You never need to lie to tell the Truth, since astronomers are all wrong they must be lying, thus the Earth is not a globe."
🤣😂🤣

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really amusing

[Dawn Volk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this helped me realize just how some people can justify this well disproven theory as fact.