HU4039 : German theories controverted

near to Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Great Britain

German theories controverted
German theories controverted
This curious feature was engraved on a house wall in 1910 by William Johnson, a Scalloway stonemason and amateur scientist:

"This diagram illustrates the cause of the so called Earth Tides. Also each alternate Ocean Flood,the cause of which has never yet been understood. Re Earth Tides: we are told that the Moon raises the solid surface of the Earth under it about 8 inches and raises the OPPOSITE SIDE 8 [inches]. This I hold to be impossible. The phenomenon called EARTH TIDES IS CAUSED BY EARTH's WEIGHT PULLING AGAINST THE SUN'S ATTRACTION.
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"The water flows back when attraction over & forms a heap on opposite side of Earth. to balance attn. flood. There is no ..." [the rest of the inscription is illegible and appears to have been deliberately effaced.]

The white circle is a diagram of the earth and is also marked:

"GERMAN THEORIES CONTROVERTED
Germans are Not The Favoured of Heaven."
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HU4039, 62 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
James Yardley   (find more nearby)
Image classification
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Date Taken
Saturday, 29 May, 1982   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 15 March, 2008
Category
Inscription   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 403 393 [100m precision]
WGS84: 60:8.2228N 1:16.4917W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 403 393
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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