Just for the record:
‘The Earth is Spherical: The Earth is globe-shaped too, since on every side it rests upon its centre. But it is not perceived straightaway to be a perfect sphere, on account of the great heights of its mountains and the lowness of its valleys, thought they modify its universal roundness to only a very small extent. That is made clear in this way. For when people journey northwards from anywhere, the northern vortex of the axis of daily revolution gradually moves overhead and the other moves downward to the same extent; and many stars situated to the north are seen not to set, and many to the south are seen not to rise anymore….Moreover, the inclinations of the poles have everywhere the same ratio with places at equal distances from the poles of the Earth and that happens in no other figure except the spherical. Add to this the fact that the inhabitants of the East do not perceive the evening eclipse of the sun and moon; nor the inhabitants of the West, the morning eclipses; while those who live in the middle regions – some see them earlier and some later. Moreover, it is admitted that water, which by its nature flows, always seeks lower places – the same way as earth – and does not climb up the shore any further than the convexity of the shore allows.’--- De revolutionibus.
Topic: Copernicus's view of shape of the Earth. (Read 128 times)