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Earth Not a Globe

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by Parallax (Samuel Birley Rowbotham)

Start Reading Page Index Preface to the Second Edition Contents List of Diagrams Chapter I. Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and Compared

Chapter II. Experiments Demonstrating the True Form of Standing Water, and Proving the Earth to be a Plane

Introduction Experiment 1 Experiment 2 Experiment 3 Experiment 4 Experiment 5 Experiment 6 Experiment 7 Experiment 8 Experiment 9 Experiment 10 Experiment 11 Experiment 12 Experiment 13 Experiment 14 Experiment 15 Chapter III. The Earth No Axial or Orbital Motion Chapter IV. The True Form and Magnitude of the Earth Chapter V. The True Distance of the Sun Chapter VI. The Sun's Motion, Concentric With the Polar Centre Chapter VII. The Sun's Path Expands and Contracts Daily for Six Months Alternately Chapter VIII. Cause of Day and Night, Winter and Summer; and the Long Alternations of Light and Darkness at the Northern Centre Chapter IX. Cause Of Sunrise And Sunset.Chapter X. Cause of Sun Appearing Larger When Rising and Setting Than at Noonday Chapter XI. Cause of Solar and Lunar Eclipses Chapter XII. The Cause of Tides Chapter XIII. The Earth's True Position in the Universe; Comparatively Recent Formation; Present Chemical Condition; and Approaching Destruction by Fire

Chapter XIV. Examination of the So-Called ''Proofs'' of the Earth's Rotundity

Why a Ship's Hull Disappears Before the Mast-Head Perspective on the Sea On the Dimensions of Ocean Waves How The Earth Is Circumnavigated Loss of Time on Sailing Westward Declination of the Pole Star The ''Dip Sector.''Variability of Pendulum Vibrations Arcs of the Meridian Sphericity Inevitable From Semi-Fluidity Degrees of Longitude ''Spherical Excess''Theodolite Tangent Tangential Horizon Stations and Distances Great Circle Sailing Motion of Stars North and South Continued Daylight in the Extreme South Analogy in Favour of Rotundity Lunar Eclipse a Proof of Rotundity The Supposed Manifestation of the Rotation of the Earth Railways, and ''Earth's Centrifugal Force''Deflection of Falling Bodies Goose Roasting by Revolving Fire Difference in Solar and Sidereal Times Stations and Retrogradation of Planets Transmission of Light Precession of the Equinoxes The Planet Neptune Moon's Phases Moon's Appearance Moon Transparent Shadows on the Moon Conclusion Chapter XV. General Summary--Application--Cui Bono ''Parallax'' and his Teachings: Opinions of the Press General Index List of Works, Newspapers, Periodicals, Published Correspondence, and Scripture Texts Referred to or Quoted From