Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe

This classic includes the following chapters:


I. Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and Compared

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

III. The Earth No Axial or Orbital Motion

IV. The True Form and Magnitude of the Earth

V. The True Distance of the Sun

VI. The Sun's Motion, Concentric With the Polar Centre

VII. The Sun's Path Expands and Contracts Daily for Six Months Alternately

VIII. Cause of Day and Night, Winter and Summer; And the Long altErnations of Light and Darkness at The Northern Centre

IX. Cause of Sunrise and Sunset

X. Cause of Sun Appearing Larger When Rising and Setting Than at Noonday

XI. Cause of Solar and Lunar Eclipses

XII. The Cause of Tides

XIII. The Earth's True Position in the Universe; Comparatively Recent Formation; Present Chemical Condition; And Approaching Destruction by Fire

XIV. Examination of the So-Called "Proofs" Of the Earth's Rotundity.—Why a Ship's Hull Disappears Before the Mast-Head

XV. General Summary—Application—Cui Bono

"Parallax" And His Teachings. Opinions of the Press