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Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: Contents

Zetetic Astronomy, by 'Parallax' (pseud. Samuel Birley Rowbotham), [1881] | 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 | | | p. viii | | | 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 |