Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Water Polo in My Hand Is This Continent!
Theodore's irascible words drew everyone's attention at once.
Facing everyone's surprised eyes, Theodore didn't say anything and directly handed over the so-called research manuscript, Kevin and the others took it and looked at it one by one, with a mocking look on their faces.
When the manuscript reached Hellam, the great wizard did not laugh, for he found that the manuscript mentioned something called air resistance......
Lynn just took a sip of tea, and did not rush to explain, but waited for the professors of these colleges to read all his "research materials".
Although he didn't know much about the level of 'magic' in the Wizarding Lands, Coru had left him two basic books, "Elemental Analysis" and "Basic Magic in General", and these manuscripts he wrote were extensions of the existing theories in the Wizarding Lands, and they were very easy to verify.
In just five or six minutes, the dozen pages of the manuscript were read by a group of wizards, and since the so-called law of free fall was so unreliable, they only scanned the rest of the content very roughly, and then they were surprised to find that there was an even more outrageous argument in the manuscript.
"Listen, your name is Lynn, right? I don't know what Coru had in mind to ask you to bring this ridiculous manuscript to the Wizarding Lands, but with all due respect, the magical theories of the [Arcane Society] are simply full of loopholes......"
Kevin casually threw the page in his hand on the table and said rather speechlessly. "And you think the continent beneath your feet is a ball? It's ridiculous! ”
"Why can't the world be spherical? I don't think anyone has verified it yet. Lynn unhurriedly put down the teacup in her hand.
Although he couldn't fly into space to confirm this completely due to his ability, being able to stand here already shows a lot of things.
For example, the mass and gravitational pull of the planet under his feet must be very close to that of the Earth, because the gravity he feels is almost indistinguishable.
The changes of the seasons and the sun and moon can also be used as evidence of the rotation of the planet and the rotation around the stars, and after leaving the sea of mist, the first thing he saw when he looked at the harbor was the top of the [Screaming Tower], and then the tower itself!
The most important thing is the star map, as long as the star is placed in the center, a perfect galaxy operation map can be constructed, which is the most direct evidence!
If it weren't for the fact that the star chart showed that the star was only orbited by five planets, Lynn would have begun to wonder if this was another parallel Earth.
Because it's so similar!
"Since the harbor of Iyeta faces the sea, then I think you should have noticed it on weekdays, when you stand on the seashore and look at the sailboat, you must see the sails first, and then the hull!"
As he spoke, Lynn opened his hand, and with a surge of magic power, a huge and muddy ball of water appeared in front of everyone, and then a feather was inserted straight into the water.
Then the water began to surge, and the quill went straight from the bottom to the top of the channel, and the first thing you saw was the tip of the feather......
The wizards present immediately understood what Lynn meant, the whole huge water ball was like the continent under their feet, and the quill was the ship, if the continent was flat, then they would see the entire hull from far and near.
Only when the surface is arced will the sails be seen first.
Theodore and the others looked at each other for a moment, their brows furrowed, this theory seemed to have a little truth, but they always felt that there was something wrong.
"This does not mean that the continent is a sphere, it may be a semi-arc...... Doesn't that make sense? Another professor retorted eagerly. And according to you, the water above should have flowed down long ago under the effect of gravity......"
As he spoke, the academy professor also learned from Lynn and directly made a ball of earth to simulate the continent, and then attached a layer of water to the surface.
Immediately after that, he lifted the [Mage's Hand], and the water immediately flowed downward, breaking away from the earth ball, forming a puddle on the table.
"Look, it's like this...... It doesn't work at all! ”
The academy professor said smugly, and Theodore also nodded.
"Could it be that the continent is a semi-arc and the water will not fall down?" Lynn asked rhetorically speechlessly.
The professors of the college were immediately stunned, the farsightedness of the ship at sea shows that the sea water is most likely attached to the arc-shaped land, so the water will inevitably flow downward, and it is impossible to continue to stay in place, which is completely inconsistent with common sense!
Before they could think clearly, Lynn continued to speak. "Also, how do we determine which side is down?"
"Do you need to talk about that? Of course, the sky is up and the land is down, and it's gravity-oriented! Theodore said with a frown, he didn't understand why the other party was asking such a stupid question.
"Really? So what about this? Lynn raised her eyebrows, removed the water ball, and put her hand on the earth ball that the academy professor had made, urging the [Mage's Hand], and the originally soft earth ball slowly compressed inward, and finally turned into a solid ball.
"If the force given by the [Mage's Hand] is considered to be gravity, which side is up and which side is down for the very center of the earth ball?"
Theodore's whole person was directly stunned, Lynn's metaphor for the continent with the earth ball was very simple and easy to understand, and he naturally understood it very clearly, but it was precisely because he could understand it that he could not hide the shock in his heart.
For the center of the sphere, there is gravity on all sides, so the front and back are the top and the left and right, and the bottom is at the center of the sphere, so the water flow must be attached to the sphere.
The professors present also saw this, and discussed it fiercely, Kevin was completely reluctant to believe this so-called planetary theory, insisting that the continent was flat, and the farsightedness of the sailing ship was a coincidence, which could not be used as direct evidence.
Philip and others hold the opposite view, arguing that Lynn's words are not necessarily unreasonable, at least it is also a plausible theory that can be studied to confirm its authenticity.
When everyone was arguing with each other and almost quarreled, Theodore looked at Lynn and asked again. "You mean there's a force that's squeezing everything toward the center of this continent? So the water can stay on the surface of the continent? ”
Before Lynn could reply, Helram, who had been looking through the manuscript, finally spoke.
"The truth should be the opposite, there is some kind of force in the center of the continent that spreads around, forming a gravitational field...... Dragging everything inward is what you're trying to say, right? ”