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Zetetic Astronomy, by 'Parallax' (pseud. Samuel Birley Rowbotham), [1881], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

I.

ZETETIC AND THEORETIC DEFINED AND COMPARED

1

II.

EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATING THE TRUE FORM OF STANDING WATER, AND PROVING THE EARTH TO BE A PLANE

9

III.

THE EARTH NO AXIAL OR ORBITAL MOTION

62

IV.

THE TRUE FORM AND MAGNITUDE OF THE EARTH

88

V.

THE TRUE DISTANCE OF THE SUN

99

VI.

THE SUN'S MOTION CONCENTRIC WITH THE POLAR CENTRE

106

VII.

THE SUN'S PATH EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS DAILY FOR SIX MONTHS ALTERNATELY

108

VIII.

CAUSE OF DAY AND NIGHT, WINTER AND SUMMER, AND THE LONG ALTERNATIONS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS AT THE NORTHERN CENTRE

111

IX.

CAUSE OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET

124

X.

CAUSE OF SUN APPEARING LARGER WHEN RISING AND SETTING THAN AT NOONDAY

128

 

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CHAPTER

 

PAGE

XI.

CAUSE OF SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

130

XII.

THE CAUSE OF TIDES

158

XIII.

THE EARTH'S TRUE POSITION IN THE UNIVERSE; COMPARATIVELY RECENT FORMATION; PRESENT CHEMICAL CONDITION, AND APPROACHING DESTRUCTION BY FIRE

177

XIV.

EXAMINATION OF THE SO-CALLED PROOFS OF THE EARTH'S ROTUNDITY--WHY A SHIP'S HULL DISAPPEARS BEFORE THE MASTHEAD

201

XV.

GENERAL SUMMARY--APPLICATION--"CUI BONO?"

347

 


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