Project Gutenberg 2023-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 415 Parallax 1816 1884 Rowbotham, Samuel Birley Rowbotham, S. (Samuel) Tryon Zetetic astronomy: Earth not a globe! An experimental inquiry into the true figure of the earth etc. $aUnited Kingdom :$bSimpkin, Marshall, and co.,$c1865. Reading ease score: 50.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. deaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe!" by Parallax is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This unique work presents a series of experiments and assertions arguing for the concept that the Earth is a flat plane rather than a globe, challenging widely accepted astronomical theories. The book seeks to dismiss common theories of the Earth's shape and motion through extensive empirical evidence and observations. The opening of this publication sets the stage for its central argument: the advocacy for “zetetic” inquiry, which emphasizes investigation and observation over theoretical assumptions. Parallax critiques established scientific thought and presents a series of observations—ranging from the behavior of water in canals to the visibility of distant landmasses—to support the claim that the Earth's surface is flat and stationary. The author introduces the notion that many phenomena typically attributed to a spherical Earth can be explained through the principles of perspective and the nature of light, laying the groundwork for subsequent chapters that expand on these experiments and claims. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/zeteticastronom00rowbgoog 20210320103932rowbotham 1865 GB en Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea Earth (Planet) -- Figure QB Text Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science - General 362017 362784 2024-09-28T14:53:31.097198 2023-09-30T04:40:24.674569 text/html text/html 361283 2023-01-28T17:13:25 text/html 3179281 2024-09-28T14:53:49.617109 application/epub+zip 3179271 2024-09-28T14:53:38.322175 application/epub+zip 239314 2024-09-28T14:53:32.266218 application/epub+zip 5242653 2024-09-28T14:53:54.461129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5210391 2024-09-28T14:53:43.661185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299400 299434 2024-09-28T14:53:29.947189 2023-09-30T04:40:23.741552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 299224 2023-01-28T17:13:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18024 2024-09-28T14:53:54.618065 application/rdf+xml 18958 2024-09-28T14:53:32.565206 image/jpeg 3182 2024-09-28T14:53:32.412186 image/jpeg 3209609 2024-09-28T14:53:31.220201 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia