Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: General Index

Zetetic Astronomy, by 'Parallax' (pseud. Samuel Birley Rowbotham), [1881] Account of the Experiment on Old Bedford Bridge, on March 5th, 1870 268 Actual position of the earth in the universe 195 Admiral Coupvent de Bois on the height of ocean waves 222 A great astronomical blunder 330-332 Alternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111 Altitude, how to measure 100 Altitude of the lights at Poolbeg, Holyhead, Dunkerque, Cordonan, the Egerö, Madras, the Nicholson in New Zealand, and on Cape Bonavista 28-30 Analogy in favour of rotundity 300 American aëronaut's account of his ascension from Baltimore 37 Ancient philosopher's attempt to discover the source of the tides 165 Apparent concavity of the earth as seen from a balloon 36 Apparent rising of the water and the sea horizon to the level of the eye 40 Approaching destruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392 Arago, M., on the supposed movement of the earth 320 Arcs of the meridian 241 Arctic winter and summer described 116 Arguments against the earth's rotundity deduced from the apparent enlargement of the sun when rising and setting 129 Atlantic Ocean, survey of the bed of, proof that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54 Atlantic Ocean, table of distances across by the various routes 92 Atmospheric motion 74 Balloon ascents by Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Glashier 38 Balls fired vertically return in the same direction 72 Basil Hall, Captain, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76 Battlefields of Alma, Inkerman, and Magenta 384 Bedford Level, experiments on 11 Bedford Old Bridge, account, of experiment on March 5th, 1870 268 Bessel on invisible stars 150 Bishop Wilkins' suggestion of a new and easy way of travelling 77 Bodies projected from other bodies in motion do not exhibit the same behaviour as when projected from bodies at rest 65-69 Brighton, experiment with clinometer at 60 Calculating eclipses and other phenomena 151 Captain Basil Hall's observations from the summit of Peak Teneriffe 76 Captain Beechy's description of the sun describing a circle upon the Southern horizon 106 Cause of apparent rise of a plane towards the axis of the eye 273 Cause of day and night and summer and winter 111 Cause of solar and lunar eclipses 130 Cause of sunrise and sunset 124 Cause of sun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon-day 128 Cause of ship's hull disappearing before the masthead 201 Cause of tides 158 Cause of the long alternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111 Centre of the earth 88 Chemical condition of the earth 180 Chinese remark concerning the earth going round the sun 368 Circumference of the earth, how to ascertain the 89-98 Circumnavigation of a plane 225 Circumnavigation of the globe 224 Clark, Dr. Adam, on reconciling Scriptures with the Newtonian astronomy 370 Clinometer experiment at Brighton 60 Clouds and bubbles in the moon 336 "Collimation," "divergence," and "refraction,"--experiments to show the meaning of 266 Commander Wilkes, U.S.N., on the extreme cold in the Southern region 179 Comparatively recent formation of the earth 77, 377 Continued daylight in the extreme South 290 Copernican system admitted by its author to be an assumption 2 Copernicus and his theory of terrestrial motions 81 Count Strzelechi's experience of the atmosphere at 6000 feet elevation above that of the trade wind 77 Cui Bono? 395 Curvature in statute miles, table of the 10 Datum line, standing order respecting the 56 Day and night, cause of 111 Declination of the Pole star 230 Definition of the word "Tide" 161 Deflection of falling bodies 313 Degree of latitude, measurement of a, by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246 Degree of latitude, measurement of a, by modern nations 246 Degrees of longitude 253 Depth at which calm water is found in great storms 161 Derivation of the term "Zetetic" 1 Description of the sun, as seen at midnight in Norway 107 Desierto las Palmas, light on the 59 Desolation of the low Southern latitudes 2117 Destruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392 Diagrams, list of, see commencement of work. Diameter of the field of vision 202 Diameter of the earth 98 Difference between the theory of rotundity and the results of actual survey 57 Difference in solar and sidereal times 321 Difficulties raised by scientific objectors to Scriptural authority 393 Difficulties which render the theory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158 Dimensions of ocean waves 222 Dipping needle, the 227 "Dip Sector," the 232 Distance from London Bridge to the sea coast at Brighton 102 Distance of the sun, processes of ascertaining the 99-103 Distances across the Atlantic by the various routes 92 Distances which various volcanoes project lava, ashes, and flames 188 Doctrine of earth's rotundity entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57 Doctrine of earth's rotundity interferes with Scripture teachings 358 Downward extent of the "great deep" 190 Dublin Bay, experiment made across 33 Earth a crust, inclosing a mass of fire 186 Earth a floating island 179 Earth a plane, consistent with the plans of the great surveyors and engineers of the day 57 Earth a plane, proved by experiments 9, 243-46 Earth a plane, proved by the hull of a receding ship disappearing before the masthead 212 Earth an immense non-moving circular plane 88 Earth-light 338 Earth no axial or orbital motion 62 Earth's centrifugal force 312 Earth's rotation, an oft-repeated plausible statement in favour of, refuted 78 Earth's rotundity, examination of the so-called "Proofs" of the 201 Earth's supposed orbital motion logically void and non-available 79 Earth's surface, description of the 89 Earth's true form and magnitude 88 Earth's true position in the universe 177 Ebb and flood tides not regularly exact 165 Eclipse (Lunar) of February 27th, 1858, and February 6th, 1860 133 Eclipse (Lunar) a proof of rotundity 300 Eclipse (Lunar), rules to find out all particulars of 154 Eclipse (Lunar), to find the time, duration, and magnitude of 155 Eclipses (Solar and Lunar), cause of 130 Eclipses predicted 152 Eddystone light visible for 14 miles 218 "Edinburgh Review" on the measurement of fixed stars 84 England to Adelaide, distance from 96 Enlargement of the sun's path 326 Equal radiation of light and heat 111 Equinoxes, precession of the 324 Eratosthenes' table of measurement of a degree of latitude 246 Eruptions of various volcanoes 187-188 Erroneous application of perspective 205 Evidence of the Plutonic action and origin of the earth 177 Evidence that the moon is not a reflector of the sun's light 139 Examples of lights being visible at sea which would be impossible upon a globular surface 28-30 Examination of the so-called "Proofs" of the earth's rotundity 201 Examples of the "Zetetic" process 4-5 Expansion and contraction of the sun's path 108 Experiment 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 Experiment showing the apparent concavity of the earth 36-38 Experiment suggested by Copernicus for obtaining proof of orbital motion 81 Experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126 Experiment to show manner of the sea's suspension over a region of elemental fire 192 Experiment to test the supposed attraction of the moon upon the waters of the earth 160 Experiment with a grinding-stone, showing that if the earth revolves the atmosphere would revolve in the same direction 73-75 Experiment with metallic tubes showing that the earth has not the slightest degree of orbital motion 79 Experiment with pendulum, by General Sabine 240 Experimental fix 16 Experiments demonstrating the true form of standing water 9-62 Experiments showing that different theodolites give different degrees of horizontal depression below the cross-hair 41-48 Experiments showing that refraction does not account for the elevation of objects seen at a distance of several miles 31-36 Experiments showing that the earth has no motion of rotation 62-87 Experiments with pendulum by M. Foucault 302 Experiments with pendulum in the open air 238 Extraordinary phenomenon attending the eclipse of February 27th, 1858 133 Extraordinary voyage 95 Extremities of the earth bounded by ice and water 177 Faces of the dead 384 Facts and their proofs concerning the real cause of tides 161 Falling bodies, deflection of 313 Figure and dimensions of the earth, General Von Schubert on the 250 Figure of the earth, Von Gumpach on the 241, 243, 250 Fire in the internal parts of the earth 182, 189 Fixed stars, errors in measuring the distance of 84 Formation of the earth, comparatively recent 177 General summary and application 347 General Von Schubert on the dimensions and figure of the earth 250 God's two voices 383 Goose roasting by revolving fire 319 Great circle sailing 279 Great 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 Great surveys made on the principle of a horizontal datum line 56 Gunnery experiments showing that motion in the earth does not exist 66-72 Heaven and Hell 386-389 Height of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168 Heliostat, Lieut-Colonel Portlock and the 59 Herschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on invisible moons in the firmament 149 Herschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on the parallax of certain stars 83 Horizontal eclipses 131 Hot springs 183 Hounslow Heath, measurement of 248 How the earth is circumnavigated 223 How the sun appears to ascend from the morning horizon to the noon-day position, and thence to descend to the evening horizon 125 How to ascertain the earth's circumference 89-98 How to measure altitude 100 How to prove that a Lunar eclipse by a shadow of the earth is an utter impossibility 132 How to reach New York in a few hours 78 Humboldt on different coloured stars 194 Hydrographic records of high and low tides in different countries 166-168 Icy boundary wall at the earth's circumference 89 Illustration of the law of natural perspective 205-212 Incompressible nature of water 162 Injurious consequences of sleeping in full moonlight 141 Inquiry into the probable duration of the earth 196 Instances that the lowest parts of receding bodies disappear before the highest 214-215 Internal convulsions, the cause of earth's irregular formations 180 Internal parts of the earth still on fire 182 Invisible moons 149 Invisible stars 150 Irregularity of the time of ebb and flood tides 165 Isle of Wight as seen through a theodolite 26 Jugglers' performances prove that motion in the earth does not exist 65 Kepler rejects the Copernican theory 82 Kossuth's, M. Francis, report of the survey of Mont Cenis Tunnel 263 La Place on "Primitive Impulse" 350 Law of natural perspective, illustrations of the 205-212 Length of degrees in various parallels 244 Letter by Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70 Letter from a correspondent in New Zealand relative to the sudden darkness in that region 119 Letter from Mr. Elliott, an American aëronaut, as to the appearance of the earth from the car of a balloon 37 Levelling, quotation from the Encyclopædia Britannica 34 Lieutenant Maury's table of distances across the Atlantic by the various routes (circle sailing) 92 Light and darkness at the northern centre 111 Light of the moon devoid of heat 144 Light, transmission of 223 Lighthouses, altitudes of, at Poolbeg and Holyhead Pier 28 Lighthouses, altitudes of, at Egerö, Dunkerque, Cordonan, Madras, New Zealand and Newfoundland 30 Literal teachings of Old and New Testament concerning the world's destruction plain and unmistakeable 393 "Literary Gazette" on M. Foucault's experiments with the pendulum 302 "Liverpool Mercury" on the supposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304 "London Journal," extract from the, showing that the surface of the earth as seen from a balloon, appeared concave instead of convex 37 Longitude between Adelaide and Sydney, difference of 96 Longitude, degrees of 253 Longitudes at different latitudes, table of 256 Long "sights" 59 Long twilight in northern latitudes 119 Loss of time on sailing westward 228 Lunar eclipse a proof of rotundity 300 Lunar eclipses 130 Magnitude of the earth 88 Magnitude of the sun, moon, and stars comparatively smaller than that of the earth 104 Mayhew's "Great World of London," extract from, showing that the earth appeared concave when seen from the car of a balloon 37 Mean annual temperature of the whole earth at the level of the sea 237 Measurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246 Measurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246 Measurement of the meridional arc by modern nations 247 Measurements of Hounslow Heath and Salisbury Plain 248 Measuring the distance of fixed stars 84 Measuring the altitude of the Nelson Monument at Great Yarmouth 100 Mont Fréjus, details of the survey of the tunnel under 48 Moonlight devoid of heat 144 Moonlight injurious to the eyesight of those who sleep in its beams 141 Moon, mass of the, according to Lindenau 158 Moon self-luminous 139, 146, 147 Moon, shadows on the 341 Moon transparent 337 Moon's appearance 334 Moon's phases 333 Motion in the earth does not exist 66 Motion of stars north and south 284 Motion of the atmosphere 74 Motion of the surface of the sea 162 Motion of the sun a visible reality 105 Natural law of perspective 206 Neptune, the planet 328 New and easy way of travelling, as suggested by Bishop Wilkins 77 Newtonian theory a prolific source of atheism and irreligion 355 Newtonian theory false in its foundation; irregular, unfair, and illogical in its details 354 New Zealand, the length of the day in 120 Noad, Dr., on the vibrations of pendulums 237 Non-luminous stars 150 Norway, description of the sun at midnight in 107 Observations of Arctic navigators on the sun's motion 106 Observations with the Dip Sector, by Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart. 232 Observations with the telescope on the "Nab" light-ship from Victoria Pier, Portsmouth 217 Occultation of Jupiter by the moon 339 Occultation of the Pleiades by the moon 340 Ocean tides less or greater, according to pressure of atmosphere 164 Ocean waves, on the dimensions of 222 Old Bedford Bridge, account of the experiment on March 5th, 1870 268 Only one material world mentioned in Scripture 374 Orbital motion, experiments showing that the earth is without 62-87 Palmerston (Lord) on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70 "Parallax" and his Teachings 402 Parallax assigned to α Centauri 83 Peculiarity of the climate of New Zealand 121 Peculiar path of the sun, as demonstrated by actual observation 110 Pendulum experiment by M. Foucault, of Paris 302 Pendulum experiments by General Sabine 240 Pendulum vibrations, variability of 235 Perspective, a simple and visible law of, operating to cause sunrise and sunset 124 Perspective, erroneous application of 205 Perspective on the sea 213 Perspective, the law of 203 Phenomena of sunrise and sunset illustrated by placing a light in a tunnel 126 Philosophical teachings of Scripture consistent with those of Zetetic Astronomy. See "Scripture Proofs" in List of Works, &c. Pilot Balloons 75 Pitch darkness in the Southern whaling grounds 123 Planet Neptune, the 328 Planets, stations and retrogradations of 322 Plausible statement in favour of the earth's rotation, refuted 78 Plurality of worlds an impossibility 358, 361, 382 Polar exploration 177 Pole Star, declination of the 230 Position of the earth in relation to the rest of the universe 189 Position of the earth in the universe 177 Precession of the equinoxes 324 Predicted eclipses 152 Present chemical condition of the earth 177 "Primitive impulse" 350 Probable duration of the earth 196 Professor Airey on Newton's assumption that the earth is fluid, and in shape a spheroid 239 Professor Bessel and the parallax of a star in the constellation of Cygnus 83. Professor De Morgan on the rotundity of the earth 7 Professor Hunt on God's two voices 383 Professor Oerstead on the deviation of falling bodies from the perpendicular 315 Professor Silliman on the temperature of Artesian wells in Paris 184 Professor Tyndall's experience of lying with his face towards the moon 142 Proof of the constant pressure of the atmosphere on the earth 161 Proof of the fluctuating motion of all floating masses 163-164 Proofs of the irregularity of the times of ebb and flood tides 166 Proof of the peculiar motion of the star "Polaris" 172 Proof that atmospheric air is very elastic 163 Proof that floating masses have a tremulous motion 169 Proof that large lakes are without tide 172 Proof that the earth has a tremulous motion at all times 169 Proof that the tide generally turns a little earlier below than it does above 171 Proof that tides in the extreme South are very small 170 Proof that the velocity of a flood tide increases as it approaches land 164 Proof that the velocity of an ebb tide decreases as it leaves shore 165 Proof that water is incompressible 162 "Punch" on the earth's rotary motion 309 Question of "Parallax," Dr. Lardner, Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart., and the "Edinburgh Review," on the 84-85 Radiation of light and heat 111 Railways and earth's centrifugal force 312 Range of the eye 202 Refraction can only exist where the line of sight passes from one medium into another of different density 34 Refraction caused by the earth's atmosphere an inadequate solution to the phenomena of horizontal eclipses 131 Results of experiments made upon sea-going steamers always incompatible with the theory that the earth is a globe 46 Rhumb-line sailing 282 Rise and fall of tide in the South Seas 170 Rising and setting of the sun 129 Rotundity of the earth, examination of the so-called "proofs" of the 201 Rotundity of the earth, Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the 70 Rotundity of the earth, Professor De Morgan on the 7 Rotundity, the doctrine of, entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57 Sailor's story, a 122 Salisbury Plain, measurement of 248 Scripture teachings respecting the material world literally true (see Scripture proofs in List of Works, &c.) 360-401 Sections of railways give proof that the earth is in reality a plane 47 Shadows on the moon 341 Ship's hull disappearing before the masthead explained 201-221 Shipwreck on the western shores of Scotland 385 Shipwrecks from a false idea of the form and measurement of the earth's surface 259 Simplest method of ascertaining any future eclipse 153 Sir Charles Lyell's remarks on hot springs 183 Sir James Clarke Ross's description of the central regions 178 Sir James Clarke Ross on sailing westward 228 Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., on the parallax of a star in the constellation Cygnus 83 Sir J. F. W. Herschel's observations with the Dip Sector 232 Solar and sidereal times, difference in 321 Solar and lunar eclipses, cause of 130 South Seas, rise and fall of tide in the 170 Southern Cross 287 Sphericity inevitable from semi-fluidity 251 Spherical excess 261 Standing order of the Houses of Lords and Commons on railway operations 56 Standing water, experiments demonstrating the true form of 9 Star "Polaris," how to observe its peculiar motion 172 Stars, non-luminous 150 Stars of varied colours near the Southern Cross 194 Stars, north and south, motion of 284 Stations and distances 276 Stations and retrogradation of planets 322 Strzelechi, Count, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76 Subaqueous world of fire below the "foundations of the earth" 192 Sudden disappearance of a vessel on the "Old Bedford" Canal 15 Suez Canal, furnishes an instance of entire discrepancy between the earth's rotundity and the result of practical engineering 53 Summer and winter, cause of 111 Sun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon day, cause of 128 Sun seen at midnight in Norway, the 107 Sun, simple process of ascertaining the true distance of the 99 Sun, moon, stars, and comets, of comparatively smaller magnitude than the earth 104 Sun and moon two great lights 373 Sun's motion, a visible reality 105 Sun's motion concentric with the polar centre, the 105 Sun's path, expansion and contraction of the 108 Sun's progressive and concentric motion over the earth practically demonstrable 367 Sun's motion recognised in religious and mythological poems of all ages 369 Sun's path, enlargement of the 326 Sunlight and moonlight compared 140 Sunrise and sunset, cause of 124 Supposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304 Surface of the earth a plane, logically deduced 45-46 Survey of the tunnel under Mont Fréjus, confirmatory of the earth being a plane 48 Survey of the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, an illustration that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54 Table of curvature in statute miles 10 Table of height of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168 Table of longitudes at different latitudes 256 Table of measurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes 246 Table of measurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246, 247 Table of the length of degrees in various parallels 244 Table of the mean annual temperature of the earth at different latitudes 238 Tangential horizon 265 Temperature at the bottom of the deepest coal mine in England 183 Terrestrial motions and the theory of Copernicus 81 Theodolite, experiments with the 17-58 Theodolite tangent 264 Theory defined 1 Theory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158 Thermometer lower in moonlight than in the shade 143 Tides in the South Seas 170 Tides, the cause of 158 Total lunar eclipses 134-136 Transmission of light 323 True distance of the sun 99 True form and magnitude of the earth 88 True form of standing water, experiments demonstrating the 9-62 True position of the earth in the universe 177 Tunnel experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126 Tunnel under Mont Fréjus 48 Twilight 119 United States Minister's description of the sun at midnight in Norway 107 "Universal solvent," the 361 "Up" and "down," and "above" and "below" 388 Uranus, discovery of 329 Valencia, in Ireland, distance of from the polar centre 96 Valencia, in Ireland, direct distance from, to Cape Town 96 "Vanishing point," the 124, 206 Variability of pendulum vibrations 235 Vasco de Gama's voyage to the South 177 Verrier's, M., great astronomical blunder 330-332 Volcanic action constantly increasing and extending 197, 198 Volcanoes the safety-valves of the earth 185, 186, 187 Von Gumpach on the figure of the earth 241-243, 250 Von Schubert on the figure and dimensions of the earth 250 Voyage extraordinary 95 Ward, the Hon. Mrs., on lunar eclipses 134, 136 "Warrior," H.M.S., regularity of fluctuation in Plymouth Bay 164 Water incompressible 162 Waves, on the dimensions of 222 Welney Bridge and Welche's Dam, experiments between 11 Wesley, Rev. John, on all systems of astronomy 371 What supports the waters? 190 Why a ship's hull disappears before the masthead 201-221 Why Kepler and others reject the Copernican theory 83 Why the earth is not at all times illuminated all over its surface 123 Winter and summer, cause of 111 Works, Newspapers, Periodicals, &c., referred to or quoted from 412 Zetetic and theoretic defined and compared 1 Zetetic, derivation of the term 1 Zetetic evidence that the moon is self-luminous 139 Zetetic inquiry into the downward extent of the "great deep" 190 Zetetic process, examples of 4-5