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[Entered at Stationer's Hall.]
ZETETIC ASTRONOMY .
INTO THE
PROVING IT A PLANE ,
WITHOUT AXIAL OR ORBITAL MOTION ;
AND THE
THE UNIVERSE !
65 >
BY PARALLAX."
London :
SIMPKIN , MARSHALL, AND CO. , STATIONERS ' HALL COURT.
Bath :
S. HAYWARD , GREEN STREET .
1865 .
[ The Right of Translation is Reserved by the Author. ]
RB.23 , 0 : 4954
BATH :
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GENERAL CONTENTS .
SECTION I.
SECTION III .
SECTION IV.
The Sun moves in a Circle over the Earth, concentric with
the North Pole.
SECTION V.
SECTION VII .
SECTION VIII .
SECTION IX .
Cause of Solar and Lunar Eclipses.
SECTION X.
Cause of Tides .
SECTION XI .
Constitution , Condition, and ultimate Destruction of the Earth
by Fire.
SECTION XII .
SECTION XIII.
Perspective on the Sea.
SECTION XIV .
WECNEY-BRIDGE WELCHE'S
DAM
A B
6. MILES WELCHES
WELNEY-BRIDCE, A B DAM
1944.FT
NORTH WALES ISLE OF MAN .
60 MILES
IRISH SEA
40. MILES
BS
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FH -H-
ASIA
N
A
OPE
EUR
AMERICA m
AFRICA
5 6
A >>
A.
The observer looking from A., with his eye mid
way between the bottom of the carriage and the
rail, will see the diameter of the wheels gradually
diminish as they recede. The lines 1.2 and 1.4
will appear to approach each other until at the
point B they will come together, and the space,
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3 ni
the lines 1 , 2, and 3 to the same datum line
E L and to the same point A. But the true
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w
S
w
s
2
s
s
and the lines N. S. the directions north and
south. Then let the small arrow , Figure 1 ,
represent a vessel on the meridian of Greenwich,
with its head W. at right angles, or due west ;
and the stern E due east. It is evident that in
B2
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FIG. 20.
D E
P
(London) 50 ...
53-6 39,139
60 45.0 >>
70 38 : 1
80 33 : 6
(Pole) 90 ... 00 :0 39,197*
“ All the solid bodies with which we are
surrounded are constantly undergoing changes
of bulk corresponding to the variations of tem
perature. 未* * The expansion and contraction
of metals by heat and cold form subjects of
* “ Million of Facts,” by Sir Richard Phillips, p. 475.
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20 56:38
30 51.96
34 49.74 (Cape Town)
40 = 45.96
45 = 42-45 (Port Jackson, Sydney)
50 38:57
56 = 33.55 (Cape Horn
60 = 30.00
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Bef a 3
FIG. 24 ,
B W
FIG.25.
A 5600 Feet W
FIG 26.
La 51 Miles E!
31 ... 6 4 66
5610
Aug. 15 5210 0 11
31 ... 47° 0 5
Sep. 15 38 % 4 58 before noon .
30 351 10 6
co
Oct. 31 ... 24° 16 14
Nov. 30 17° 10 58
Dec. 21 12 0 27
31 ...
... 15° 3 29 afternoon .
Jan. 1 ...
1550 ... 3 36 66
66
15 17° 9 33
31 21° 13 41
Feb. 15 25° ... 14 28
29 ...
3010 12 43 66
36° 9 2
March 15 {On atthe6 Equator
a.m. $} 384. 0 0
21 4210 4 10 before noon .
April 15 489 0 8 66
30 ... 539 2 58
66
May 15 57° 3 54
31 60 ° 2 37
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SECTION 6 .
CAUSE OF DAY AND NIGHT,
SEASONS, &c.
The Sun S describes the circle AAA on the
21st December once in 24 hours ; hence in that
period day and night occur to every part of the
Earth, except within the Arctic circle. The light
of the Sun gradually diminishing from S, to the
Arctic circle 1 2 3, where it becomes twilight,
does so according to the well-known law of
radiation, equally in all directions — hence, the
circle 4 5 6 represents the whole extent of the
Sun's light at any given time. The arc 4 EE is
the advancing or morning twilight, and 6 E the
receding or evening twilight; to every place
underneath аa line drawn across the circle through
S to N it is noonday. It will now be easily
understood that as the Sun S moves in the
direction of the arrows or from right to left, and
completes the circle A A A in 24 hours, it will
produce in that period morning, noon, evening,
and night to all parts of the Earth in succession,
On referring to the diagram , it will be seen that
to England, E, the length of the day at this time
of the year is the shortest, the amount of light
being represented by the arc E E E ; and also
that the northern centre N remains in darkness
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ECLIPSES.
CAUSE OF TIDES .
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SECTION 14.
CUI BONO ?
FINIS .