>>16699239Go read his page on celestial mechanics. He says that sine, tangent, and IIRC versed sine (it doesn't matter what the name was I remember calculating it out and you will be able to also) actually approach a ratios to each other not of 1, which is what Newton said. However, you can actually construct these lines on the Earth's surface, and over maybe a few metres you have an angle you can consider quite close to infinitesimal, given how large the Earth is. Then you can check that all three are the same, plus or minus a milimetre or so between them. You don't have to construct it because you can just draw it out and calculate a few things instead but I just thought it was the funniest way to show it.
>This ridiculous pamphlet only proves that Ron Unz is a complete idiot. Nobody with the slightest clue would have write that if he has the slightest grasp of the theme.You just said to me that I need to back up my accusations and you were complaining about personal attacks earlier in the thread and now you do the same to Unz. Shame.
I don't actually agree with Unz' idea that Mathis is secretly a dozen guys but I do find it greatly more plausible than any of Mathis' original proposals. Interestingly Mathis also has a habit of being quite rude to people, see his email exchange with a few professors over special relativity for an example. But I'm sure you think he was provoked by the professor not replying after Mathis had wasted hours of his time.
Anyway now I have answered your question can you show me an example of these engineering fudge factors used in rocketry and satellites that Mathis insinuates exist (also on the celestial mechanics page)? Would be very interesting.