Next, a trip through Rwanda-taking a borrowed car toward crocodile-infested lakes near the border with Burundi-a road trip that unexpectedly ends up at the site of the country's proposed future in the sky.
Ledgard is there in search of a still point, untouched by humankind-a goal complicated by the contingent of armed rangers accompanying him. Terra Firma Triptych begins in a wilderness in South Sudan. Concluding Remarksįrom the author of Submergence comes a digital-original triptych of essays that examine humanity in the modern age. Some Other Reasons Why the Earth Is Not a Planet 4. The Rivers Come From and Return to the Great Deep XIV. The Great Gulf Stream and Currents of the Great Deep 4. The Earth in Solution Before the Adamic Creation 2. The Great Deep, a Proof That the Earth Is Not a Planet 1. Babylonia Identified With the Garden of Eden XIII. Extracts From Old Chaldean Epics, Declaring the Revolution of the Sun, and the Creation of Men and Animals 4. The Accadian or Old Chaldean Account of the Deluge 3. Marks of the Deluge Visible in Many Lands 2. The Last Judgment on the Earth to Be by Fire XII. Subsidence of the Waters, and Safe Debarkation of Noah and All With Him From the Ark 6. The Earth Not a Planet, Proved From the Waters Finding Their Own Level Above the Highest Mountains 5. Some Objections Against the Deluge Answered 4. God’s Instructions to Noah Respecting the Ark 3. The Date, Cause, and Extent of the Deluge 2. The Sun’s Shadow Turning Back Ten Degrees on the Dial of Ahaz XI. The Sun Standing Still and Returning Backwards 1. The Midnight Sun, and the Alternation of Summer and Winter in the Northern Centre 5. The Reason for Gain and Loss of Time at Sea 3. The Cause of Day and Night and the Seasons 2. The Sun’s Path and Work in the Heavens 1. Scriptural Proof of the Rising and Setting of the Sun IX. Zetetic Measurements Respecting the Distance and Diameter of the Sun 3. The Sun, Moon and Stars According to Modern Astronomy 1. The Light of Lighthouses Seen at Great Distances VII. The Horizontality of Land and Water Proved 1. The Earth Proved to Have Immovable Foundations VI. The Earth Stretched Upon the Waters, Which Have an Impassable Circumference 6. The Supposed Revolution of the Earth Around the Sun Proved to Be Untrue 5. Dangers of Navigation in Southern Seas, Caused by the Theory That the World Is Globular 4. The Compass a Proof That the Earth Is Not a Planet 3. The Relative Proportion of Land and Water 2.
The World Circular But Not Globular Has Immovable Foundations, Therefore Not a Planet 1. Railways and Earth’s Centrifugal Force 4. Supposed Manifestation of the Rotation of the Earth 3. Remarks on Some Other Alleged Proofs of the World’s Globularity 1. The Earth’s Shadow in a Lunar Eclipse IV. The Appearance and Disappearance of Ships at Sea 4. Examination of Three Alleged Proofs That the World Is Globular 1. No Discrepancy Exists Regarding the Adamic Creation in the Accounts Given in Genesis I. Refutation of the Theory of Two Different Authors of Genesis, From the Use of the Distinguishing Words Elohim and Jehovah-Elohim 4.
The Days of Creation Not Long Periods of Time, But Six Natural Days of 24 Hours Each 2. Quotations Showing Some of the Atheistical Results of Modern Astronomy II. Testimony of Some Able Men Against the Copernican Theory 4. Fundamental Difference of Opinion Among Modern Astronomers 3.
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 World’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.
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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. Terra Firma the Earth Not a Planet Proved from Scripture Reason and Fact Book Review:
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