Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: Page Index

Title Page

Preface to the Second Edition

Contents

List of Diagrams

Chapter I. Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and Compared

Introduction

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

Experiment 4

Experiment 5

Experiment 6

Experiment 7

Experiment 8

Experiment 9

Experiment 10

Experiment 11

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

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

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