Zetetic Astronomy. Earth not a Globe!
by Parallax
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About this eBook
- Author
- Parallax, 1816-1884
- Title
- Zetetic astronomy: Earth not a globe! An experimental inquiry into the true figure of the earth etc.
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, and co.,1865.
- Credits
- deaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Earth (Planet) -- Figure
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 69892
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69892
- Release Date
- January 28, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ZETETIC ASTRONOMY. EARTH NOT A GLOBE!
- 2.GENERAL CONTENTS.
- 3.ZETETIC ASTRONOMY.
- 4.SECTION 2. THE EARTH NO AXIAL OR ORBITAL MOTION.
- 5.SECTION 3. THE TRUE DISTANCE OF THE SUN AND STARS.
- 6.SECTION 4. THE SUN MOVES IN A CIRCLE OVER THE EARTH, CONCENTRIC WITH THE NORTH POLE.
- 7.SECTION 5. THE DIAMETER OF THE SUN’S PATH IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING—DIMINISHING FROM DECEMBER 21 ST TO JUNE 15 TH , AND ENLARGING FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER.
- 8.SECTION 6. CAUSE OF DAY AND NIGHT, SEASONS, &c.
- 9.SECTION 7. CAUSE OF “SUNRISE” AND “SUNSET.”
- 10.SECTION 8. CAUSE OF SUN APPEARING LARGER WHEN RISING AND SETTING THAN WHEN ON THE MERIDIAN.
- 11.SECTION 9. CAUSE OF SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES.
- 12.SECTION 10. CAUSE OF TIDES.
- 13.SECTION 11. CONSTITUTION, CONDITION, AND ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH BY FIRE.
- 14.SECTION 12. MISCELLANEA. — PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS AS PROOFS OF EARTH’S MOTION.
- 15.SECTION 13. PERSPECTIVE ON THE SEA.
- 16.SECTION 14. GENERAL SUMMARY—APPLICATION— CUI BONO? — Transcriber’s Notes
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