{"collection":"earth","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/earth/za/za68.htm","path":"earth/za/za68.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za68.htm","text":"Zetetic Astronomy, by 'Parallax' (pseud. Samuel Birley Rowbotham), [1881]\nAccount of the Experiment on Old Bedford Bridge, on March 5th, 1870 268\nActual position of the earth in the universe 195\nAdmiral Coupvent de Bois on the height of ocean waves 222\nA great astronomical blunder 330-332\nAlternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111\nAltitude, how to measure 100\nAltitude of the lights at Poolbeg, Holyhead, Dunkerque, Cordonan, the Eger\u00f6, Madras, the Nicholson in New Zealand, and on Cape Bonavista 28-30\nAnalogy in favour of rotundity 300\nAmerican a\u00ebronaut's account of his ascension from Baltimore 37\nAncient philosopher's attempt to discover the source of the tides 165\nApparent concavity of the earth as seen from a balloon 36\nApparent rising of the water and the sea horizon to the level of the eye 40\nApproaching destruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392\nArago, M., on the supposed movement of the earth 320\nArcs of the meridian 241\nArctic winter and summer described 116\nArguments against the earth's rotundity deduced from the apparent enlargement of the sun when rising and setting 129\nAtlantic Ocean, survey of the bed of, proof that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54\nAtlantic Ocean, table of distances across by the various routes 92\nAtmospheric motion 74\nBalloon ascents by Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Glashier 38\nBalls fired vertically return in the same direction 72\nBasil Hall, Captain, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76\nBattlefields of Alma, Inkerman, and Magenta 384\nBedford Level, experiments on 11\nBedford Old Bridge, account, of experiment on March 5th, 1870 268\nBessel on invisible stars 150\nBishop Wilkins' suggestion of a new and easy way of travelling 77\nBodies projected from other bodies in motion do not exhibit the same behaviour as when projected from bodies at rest 65-69\nBrighton, experiment with clinometer at 60\nCalculating eclipses and other phenomena 151\nCaptain Basil Hall's observations from the summit of Peak Teneriffe 76\nCaptain Beechy's description of the sun describing a circle upon the Southern horizon 106\nCause of apparent rise of a plane towards the axis of the eye 273\nCause of day and night and summer and winter 111\nCause of solar and lunar eclipses 130\nCause of sunrise and sunset 124\nCause of sun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon-day 128\nCause of ship's hull disappearing before the masthead 201\nCause of tides 158\nCause of the long alternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111\nCentre of the earth 88\nChemical condition of the earth 180\nChinese remark concerning the earth going round the sun 368\nCircumference of the earth, how to ascertain the 89-98\nCircumnavigation of a plane 225\nCircumnavigation of the globe 224\nClark, Dr. Adam, on reconciling Scriptures with the Newtonian astronomy 370\nClinometer experiment at Brighton 60 Clouds and bubbles in the moon 336\n\"Collimation,\" \"divergence,\" and \"refraction,\"--experiments to show the meaning of 266\nCommander Wilkes, U.S.N., on the extreme cold in the Southern region 179\nComparatively recent formation of the earth 77, 377\nContinued daylight in the extreme South 290\nCopernican system admitted by its author to be an assumption 2\nCopernicus and his theory of terrestrial motions 81\nCount Strzelechi's experience of the atmosphere at 6000 feet elevation above that of the trade wind 77\nCui Bono? 395\nCurvature in statute miles, table of the 10\nDatum line, standing order respecting the 56\nDay and night, cause of 111\nDeclination of the Pole star 230\nDefinition of the word \"Tide\" 161\nDeflection of falling bodies 313\nDegree of latitude, measurement of a, by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246\nDegree of latitude, measurement of a, by modern nations 246\nDegrees of longitude 253\nDepth at which calm water is found in great storms 161\nDerivation of the term \"Zetetic\" 1\nDescription of the sun, as seen at midnight in Norway 107\nDesierto las Palmas, light on the 59\nDesolation of the low Southern latitudes 2117\nDestruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392\nDiagrams, list of, see commencement of work.\nDiameter of the field of vision 202\nDiameter of the earth 98\nDifference between the theory of rotundity and the results of actual survey 57\nDifference in solar and sidereal times 321\nDifficulties raised by scientific objectors to Scriptural authority 393\nDifficulties which render the theory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158\nDimensions of ocean waves 222\nDipping needle, the 227\n\"Dip Sector,\" the 232\nDistance from London Bridge to the sea coast at Brighton 102\nDistance of the sun, processes of ascertaining the 99-103\nDistances across the Atlantic by the various routes 92\nDistances which various volcanoes project lava, ashes, and flames 188\nDoctrine of earth's rotundity entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57\nDoctrine of earth's rotundity interferes with Scripture teachings 358\nDownward extent of the \"great deep\" 190\nDublin Bay, experiment made across 33\nEarth a crust, inclosing a mass of fire 186\nEarth a floating island 179\nEarth a plane, consistent with the plans of the great surveyors and engineers of the day 57\nEarth a plane, proved by experiments 9, 243-46\nEarth a plane, proved by the hull of a receding ship disappearing before the masthead 212\nEarth an immense non-moving circular plane 88\nEarth-light 338\nEarth no axial or orbital motion 62\nEarth's centrifugal force 312\nEarth's rotation, an oft-repeated plausible statement in favour of, refuted 78\nEarth's rotundity, examination of the so-called \"Proofs\" of the 201\nEarth's supposed orbital motion logically void and non-available 79\nEarth's surface, description of the 89\nEarth's true form and magnitude 88\nEarth's true position in the universe 177\nEbb and flood tides not regularly exact 165\nEclipse (Lunar) of February 27th, 1858, and February 6th, 1860 133\nEclipse (Lunar) a proof of rotundity 300 Eclipse (Lunar), rules to find out all particulars of 154\nEclipse (Lunar), to find the time, duration, and magnitude of 155\nEclipses (Solar and Lunar), cause of 130\nEclipses predicted 152\nEddystone light visible for 14 miles 218\n\"Edinburgh Review\" on the measurement of fixed stars 84\nEngland to Adelaide, distance from 96\nEnlargement of the sun's path 326\nEqual radiation of light and heat 111\nEquinoxes, precession of the 324\nEratosthenes' table of measurement of a degree of latitude 246\nEruptions of various volcanoes 187-188\nErroneous application of perspective 205\nEvidence of the Plutonic action and origin of the earth 177\nEvidence that the moon is not a reflector of the sun's light 139\nExamples of lights being visible at sea which would be impossible upon a globular surface 28-30\nExamination of the so-called \"Proofs\" of the earth's rotundity 201\nExamples of the \"Zetetic\" process 4-5\nExpansion and contraction of the sun's path 108\nExperiment from the summit of Shooter's Hill to Hampstead Hill showing the difference between the theory of rotundity and the results of actual survey 57\nExperiment showing the apparent concavity of the earth 36-38\nExperiment suggested by Copernicus for obtaining proof of orbital motion 81\nExperiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126\nExperiment to show manner of the sea's suspension over a region of elemental fire 192\nExperiment to test the supposed attraction of the moon upon the waters of the earth 160\nExperiment with a grinding-stone, showing that if the earth revolves the atmosphere would revolve in the same direction 73-75\nExperiment with metallic tubes showing that the earth has not the slightest degree of orbital motion 79\nExperiment with pendulum, by General Sabine 240\nExperimental fix 16\nExperiments demonstrating the true form of standing water 9-62\nExperiments showing that different theodolites give different degrees of horizontal depression below the cross-hair 41-48\nExperiments showing that refraction does not account for the elevation of objects seen at a distance of several miles 31-36\nExperiments showing that the earth has no motion of rotation 62-87\nExperiments with pendulum by M. Foucault 302\nExperiments with pendulum in the open air 238\nExtraordinary phenomenon attending the eclipse of February 27th, 1858 133\nExtraordinary voyage 95\nExtremities of the earth bounded by ice and water 177\nFaces of the dead 384\nFacts and their proofs concerning the real cause of tides 161\nFalling bodies, deflection of 313\nFigure and dimensions of the earth, General Von Schubert on the 250\nFigure of the earth, Von Gumpach on the 241, 243, 250\nFire in the internal parts of the earth 182, 189\nFixed stars, errors in measuring the distance of 84\nFormation of the earth, comparatively recent 177\nGeneral summary and application 347\nGeneral Von Schubert on the dimensions and figure of the earth 250\nGod's two voices 383\nGoose roasting by revolving fire 319\nGreat circle sailing 279\nGreat Ship Canal at Suez furnishes an instance of entire discrepancy between the theory of the earth's rotundity and the results of practical engineering 53\nGreat surveys made on the principle of a horizontal datum line 56\nGunnery experiments showing that motion in the earth does not exist 66-72\nHeaven and Hell 386-389\nHeight of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168\nHeliostat, Lieut-Colonel Portlock and the 59\nHerschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on invisible moons in the firmament 149\nHerschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on the parallax of certain stars 83\nHorizontal eclipses 131\nHot springs 183\nHounslow Heath, measurement of 248\nHow the earth is circumnavigated 223\nHow the sun appears to ascend from the morning horizon to the noon-day position, and thence to descend to the evening horizon 125\nHow to ascertain the earth's circumference 89-98\nHow to measure altitude 100\nHow to prove that a Lunar eclipse by a shadow of the earth is an utter impossibility 132\nHow to reach New York in a few hours 78\nHumboldt on different coloured stars 194\nHydrographic records of high and low tides in different countries 166-168\nIcy boundary wall at the earth's circumference 89\nIllustration of the law of natural perspective 205-212\nIncompressible nature of water 162\nInjurious consequences of sleeping in full moonlight 141\nInquiry into the probable duration of the earth 196\nInstances that the lowest parts of receding bodies disappear before the highest 214-215\nInternal convulsions, the cause of earth's irregular formations 180\nInternal parts of the earth still on fire 182\nInvisible moons 149\nInvisible stars 150\nIrregularity of the time of ebb and flood tides 165\nIsle of Wight as seen through a theodolite 26\nJugglers' performances prove that motion in the earth does not exist 65\nKepler rejects the Copernican theory 82\nKossuth's, M. Francis, report of the survey of Mont Cenis Tunnel 263\nLa Place on \"Primitive Impulse\" 350\nLaw of natural perspective, illustrations of the 205-212\nLength of degrees in various parallels 244\nLetter by Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70\nLetter from a correspondent in New Zealand relative to the sudden darkness in that region 119\nLetter from Mr. Elliott, an American a\u00ebronaut, as to the appearance of the earth from the car of a balloon 37\nLevelling, quotation from the Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica 34\nLieutenant Maury's table of distances across the Atlantic by the various routes (circle sailing) 92\nLight and darkness at the northern centre 111\nLight of the moon devoid of heat 144\nLight, transmission of 223\nLighthouses, altitudes of, at Poolbeg and Holyhead Pier 28\nLighthouses, altitudes of, at Eger\u00f6, Dunkerque, Cordonan, Madras, New Zealand and Newfoundland 30\nLiteral teachings of Old and New Testament concerning the world's destruction plain and unmistakeable 393\n\"Literary Gazette\" on M. Foucault's experiments with the pendulum 302\n\"Liverpool Mercury\" on the supposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304\n\"London Journal,\" extract from the, showing that the surface of the earth as seen from a balloon, appeared concave instead of convex 37\nLongitude between Adelaide and Sydney, difference of 96\nLongitude, degrees of 253\nLongitudes at different latitudes, table of 256\nLong \"sights\" 59\nLong twilight in northern latitudes 119\nLoss of time on sailing westward 228\nLunar eclipse a proof of rotundity 300\nLunar eclipses 130\nMagnitude of the earth 88\nMagnitude of the sun, moon, and stars comparatively smaller than that of the earth 104\nMayhew's \"Great World of London,\" extract from, showing that the earth appeared concave when seen from the car of a balloon 37\nMean annual temperature of the whole earth at the level of the sea 237\nMeasurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246\nMeasurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246\nMeasurement of the meridional arc by modern nations 247\nMeasurements of Hounslow Heath and Salisbury Plain 248\nMeasuring the distance of fixed stars 84\nMeasuring the altitude of the Nelson Monument at Great Yarmouth 100\nMont Fr\u00e9jus, details of the survey of the tunnel under 48\nMoonlight devoid of heat 144\nMoonlight injurious to the eyesight of those who sleep in its beams 141\nMoon, mass of the, according to Lindenau 158\nMoon self-luminous 139, 146, 147\nMoon, shadows on the 341\nMoon transparent 337\nMoon's appearance 334\nMoon's phases 333\nMotion in the earth does not exist 66\nMotion of stars north and south 284\nMotion of the atmosphere 74\nMotion of the surface of the sea 162\nMotion of the sun a visible reality 105\nNatural law of perspective 206\nNeptune, the planet 328\nNew and easy way of travelling, as suggested by Bishop Wilkins 77\nNewtonian theory a prolific source of atheism and irreligion 355\nNewtonian theory false in its foundation; irregular, unfair, and illogical in its details 354\nNew Zealand, the length of the day in 120\nNoad, Dr., on the vibrations of pendulums 237\nNon-luminous stars 150\nNorway, description of the sun at midnight in 107\nObservations of Arctic navigators on the sun's motion 106\nObservations with the Dip Sector, by Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart. 232\nObservations with the telescope on the \"Nab\" light-ship from Victoria Pier, Portsmouth 217\nOccultation of Jupiter by the moon 339\nOccultation of the Pleiades by the moon 340\nOcean tides less or greater, according to pressure of atmosphere 164\nOcean waves, on the dimensions of 222\nOld Bedford Bridge, account of the experiment on March 5th, 1870 268\nOnly one material world mentioned in Scripture 374\nOrbital motion, experiments showing that the earth is without 62-87\nPalmerston (Lord) on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70\n\"Parallax\" and his Teachings 402\nParallax assigned to \u03b1 Centauri 83\nPeculiarity of the climate of New Zealand 121\nPeculiar path of the sun, as demonstrated by actual observation 110\nPendulum experiment by M. Foucault, of Paris 302\nPendulum experiments by General Sabine 240\nPendulum vibrations, variability of 235\nPerspective, a simple and visible law of, operating to cause sunrise and sunset 124\nPerspective, erroneous application of 205\nPerspective on the sea 213\nPerspective, the law of 203\nPhenomena of sunrise and sunset illustrated by placing a light in a tunnel 126\nPhilosophical teachings of Scripture consistent with those of Zetetic Astronomy. See \"Scripture Proofs\" in List of Works, &c.\nPilot Balloons 75\nPitch darkness in the Southern whaling grounds 123\nPlanet Neptune, the 328\nPlanets, stations and retrogradations of 322\nPlausible statement in favour of the earth's rotation, refuted 78\nPlurality of worlds an impossibility 358, 361, 382\nPolar exploration 177\nPole Star, declination of the 230\nPosition of the earth in relation to the rest of the universe 189\nPosition of the earth in the universe 177\nPrecession of the equinoxes 324\nPredicted eclipses 152\nPresent chemical condition of the earth 177\n\"Primitive impulse\" 350\nProbable duration of the earth 196\nProfessor Airey on Newton's assumption that the earth is fluid, and in shape a spheroid 239\nProfessor Bessel and the parallax of a star in the constellation of Cygnus 83.\nProfessor De Morgan on the rotundity of the earth 7\nProfessor Hunt on God's two voices 383\nProfessor Oerstead on the deviation of falling bodies from the perpendicular 315\nProfessor Silliman on the temperature of Artesian wells in Paris 184\nProfessor Tyndall's experience of lying with his face towards the moon 142\nProof of the constant pressure of the atmosphere on the earth 161\nProof of the fluctuating motion of all floating masses 163-164\nProofs of the irregularity of the times of ebb and flood tides 166\nProof of the peculiar motion of the star \"Polaris\" 172\nProof that atmospheric air is very elastic 163\nProof that floating masses have a tremulous motion 169\nProof that large lakes are without tide 172\nProof that the earth has a tremulous motion at all times 169\nProof that the tide generally turns a little earlier below than it does above 171\nProof that tides in the extreme South are very small 170\nProof that the velocity of a flood tide increases as it approaches land 164\nProof that the velocity of an ebb tide decreases as it leaves shore 165\nProof that water is incompressible 162\n\"Punch\" on the earth's rotary motion 309\nQuestion of \"Parallax,\" Dr. Lardner, Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart., and the \"Edinburgh Review,\" on the 84-85\nRadiation of light and heat 111\nRailways and earth's centrifugal force 312\nRange of the eye 202\nRefraction can only exist where the line of sight passes from one medium into another of different density 34\nRefraction caused by the earth's atmosphere an inadequate solution to the phenomena of horizontal eclipses 131\nResults of experiments made upon sea-going steamers always incompatible with the theory that the earth is a globe 46\nRhumb-line sailing 282\nRise and fall of tide in the South Seas 170\nRising and setting of the sun 129\nRotundity of the earth, examination of the so-called \"proofs\" of the 201\nRotundity of the earth, Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the 70\nRotundity of the earth, Professor De Morgan on the 7\nRotundity, the doctrine of, entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57\nSailor's story, a 122\nSalisbury Plain, measurement of 248\nScripture teachings respecting the material world literally true (see Scripture proofs in List of Works, &c.) 360-401\nSections of railways give proof that the earth is in reality a plane 47\nShadows on the moon 341\nShip's hull disappearing before the masthead explained 201-221\nShipwreck on the western shores of Scotland 385\nShipwrecks from a false idea of the form and measurement of the earth's surface 259\nSimplest method of ascertaining any future eclipse 153\nSir Charles Lyell's remarks on hot springs 183\nSir James Clarke Ross's description of the central regions 178\nSir James Clarke Ross on sailing westward 228\nSir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., on the parallax of a star in the constellation Cygnus 83\nSir J. F. W. Herschel's observations with the Dip Sector 232\nSolar and sidereal times, difference in 321\nSolar and lunar eclipses, cause of 130\nSouth Seas, rise and fall of tide in the 170\nSouthern Cross 287\nSphericity inevitable from semi-fluidity 251\nSpherical excess 261\nStanding order of the Houses of Lords and Commons on railway operations 56\nStanding water, experiments demonstrating the true form of 9\nStar \"Polaris,\" how to observe its peculiar motion 172\nStars, non-luminous 150\nStars of varied colours near the Southern Cross 194\nStars, north and south, motion of 284\nStations and distances 276\nStations and retrogradation of planets 322\nStrzelechi, Count, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76\nSubaqueous world of fire below the \"foundations of the earth\" 192\nSudden disappearance of a vessel on the \"Old Bedford\" Canal 15\nSuez Canal, furnishes an instance of entire discrepancy between the earth's rotundity and the result of practical engineering 53\nSummer and winter, cause of 111\nSun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon day, cause of 128\nSun seen at midnight in Norway, the 107\nSun, simple process of ascertaining the true distance of the 99\nSun, moon, stars, and comets, of comparatively smaller magnitude than the earth 104\nSun and moon two great lights 373\nSun's motion, a visible reality 105\nSun's motion concentric with the polar centre, the 105\nSun's path, expansion and contraction of the 108\nSun's progressive and concentric motion over the earth practically demonstrable 367\nSun's motion recognised in religious and mythological poems of all ages 369\nSun's path, enlargement of the 326\nSunlight and moonlight compared 140\nSunrise and sunset, cause of 124\nSupposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304\nSurface of the earth a plane, logically deduced 45-46\nSurvey of the tunnel under Mont Fr\u00e9jus, confirmatory of the earth being a plane 48\nSurvey of the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, an illustration that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54\nTable of curvature in statute miles 10\nTable of height of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168\nTable of longitudes at different latitudes 256\nTable of measurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes 246\nTable of measurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246, 247\nTable of the length of degrees in various parallels 244\nTable of the mean annual temperature of the earth at different latitudes 238\nTangential horizon 265\nTemperature at the bottom of the deepest coal mine in England 183\nTerrestrial motions and the theory of Copernicus 81\nTheodolite, experiments with the 17-58\nTheodolite tangent 264\nTheory defined 1\nTheory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158\nThermometer lower in moonlight than in the shade 143\nTides in the South Seas 170\nTides, the cause of 158\nTotal lunar eclipses 134-136\nTransmission of light 323\nTrue distance of the sun 99\nTrue form and magnitude of the earth 88\nTrue form of standing water, experiments demonstrating the 9-62\nTrue position of the earth in the universe 177\nTunnel experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126\nTunnel under Mont Fr\u00e9jus 48\nTwilight 119\nUnited States Minister's description of the sun at midnight in Norway 107\n\"Universal solvent,\" the 361\n\"Up\" and \"down,\" and \"above\" and \"below\" 388\nUranus, discovery of 329\nValencia, in Ireland, distance of from the polar centre 96\nValencia, in Ireland, direct distance from, to Cape Town 96\n\"Vanishing point,\" the 124, 206\nVariability of pendulum vibrations 235\nVasco de Gama's voyage to the South 177\nVerrier's, M., great astronomical blunder 330-332\nVolcanic action constantly increasing and extending 197, 198\nVolcanoes the safety-valves of the earth 185, 186, 187\nVon Gumpach on the figure of the earth 241-243, 250\nVon Schubert on the figure and dimensions of the earth 250\nVoyage extraordinary 95\nWard, the Hon. Mrs., on lunar eclipses 134, 136\n\"Warrior,\" H.M.S., regularity of fluctuation in Plymouth Bay 164\nWater incompressible 162\nWaves, on the dimensions of 222\nWelney Bridge and Welche's Dam, experiments between 11\nWesley, Rev. John, on all systems of astronomy 371\nWhat supports the waters? 190\nWhy a ship's hull disappears before the masthead 201-221\nWhy Kepler and others reject the Copernican theory 83\nWhy the earth is not at all times illuminated all over its surface 123\nWinter and summer, cause of 111\nWorks, Newspapers, Periodicals, &c., referred to or quoted from 412\nZetetic and theoretic defined and compared 1\nZetetic, derivation of the term 1\nZetetic evidence that the moon is self-luminous 139\nZetetic inquiry into the downward extent of the \"great deep\" 190\nZetetic process, examples of 4-5","title":"Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: General Index","type":"page"}