Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe

By Samuel Birley Rowbotham

Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe - Samuel Birley Rowbotham
  • Release Date: 2015-07-13
  • Genre: Science & Nature

Description

This classic includes the following chapters:

I. Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and Compared
II. Experiments Demonstrating the True Form of Standing Water, and Proving the Earth to Be a Plane
III. The Earth No Axial or Orbital Motion
IV. The True Form and Magnitude of the Earth
V. The True Distance of the Sun
VI. The Sun's Motion, Concentric With the Polar Centre
VII. The Sun's Path Expands and Contracts Daily for Six Months Alternately
VIII. Cause of Day and Night, Winter and Summer; And the Long altErnations of Light and Darkness at The Northern Centre
IX. Cause of Sunrise and Sunset
X. Cause of Sun Appearing Larger When Rising and Setting Than at Noonday
XI. Cause of Solar and Lunar Eclipses
XII. The Cause of Tides
XIII. The Earth's True Position in the Universe; Comparatively Recent Formation; Present Chemical Condition; And Approaching Destruction by Fire
XIV. Examination of the So-Called "Proofs" Of the Earth's Rotundity.—Why a Ship's Hull Disappears Before the Mast-Head
XV. General Summary—Application—Cui Bono
"Parallax" And His Teachings. Opinions of the Press