Zetetic astronomy in german series#

This book began as a pamphlet in the 1840s, explaining the theory with a few sketches alongside. This premium edition contains all of Rowbotham's original graphs, charts and drawings. ***Completely revised version of the original 1904 edition*** 'The hypothesis of a universal force called Gravitation is based upon, and was indeed invented with a view to support another hypothesis, namely, that the earth and sea together make up a vast globe, whirling away through space, and therefore needing some force or forces to guide it in its mad career, and so control it as to make it conform to what is called its annual orbit round the sun! The theory first of all makes the earth to be a globe then not a perfect globe, but an oblate spheroid, flattened at the 'poles' then more oblate, until it was in danger of becoming so flattened that it would be like a cheese and, passing over minor variations of form, we are finally told that the earth is pear-shaped, and that the 'elipsoid has been replaced by an apoid!' What shape it may assume next we cannot tell it will depend upon the whim or fancy of some astute and speculating 'scientist.'' ***Completely revised version of the original 1904 edition*** 'The hypothesis of a universal force called Gravitation is based upon, and was indeed invented with a view to support another hypothesis, namely, that the earth and sea together.

and much, much more! Many old works such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that this book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the subject. Its chapters include discussions of: The Adamic Creation, The Nebular Hypothesis: Examination of three Alleged Proofs of the WorldвЂ™s Globarity, The Horizontality of Land and Water Proved, The Sun, according to the Scriptures, The Deluge-Biblical Account, The Great Deep a Proof that the Earth is not a Planet. The text makes for an entertaining and informative read, providing a wonderful insight into the philosophy of a bygone age.

Zetetic astronomy in german series#

It comprises a comprehensive series of essays which use scripture, reason and fact to (attempt to) prove that the earth is not a planet.

This unusual early work on 'Flat Earth Theory' was originally published in 1901. General Summary-Application-Cui Bono'Parallax' And His Teachings. Examination of the So-Called 'Proofs' Of the Earth's Rotundity.-Why a Ship's Hull Disappears Before the Mast-HeadXV. The Earth's True Position in the Universe Comparatively Recent Formation Present Chemical Condition And Approaching Destruction by FireXIV. Cause of Sun Appearing Larger When Rising and Setting Than at NoondayXI. Cause of Day and Night, Winter and Summer And the Long altErnations of Light and Darkness at The Northern CentreIX. The Sun's Path Expands and Contracts Daily for Six Months AlternatelyVIII. The Sun's Motion, Concentric With the Polar CentreVII. The True Form and Magnitude of the EarthV. Experiments Demonstrating the True Form of Standing Water, and Proving the Earth to Be a PlaneIII. Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and ComparedII.

This classic includes the following chapters: I.