One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Victorian Zetetic Pamphlet on Flat Earth, Horizons, Water Levels, and Scientific DissentBy William Carpenter
Length2h 27m
About this audiobook
One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe is a compact polemical tract of nineteenth-century "zetetic" astronomy, arranged as a sequence of numbered propositions rather than as a continuous treatise. Its style is declarative, repetitive, and courtroom-like, converting observations of horizons, water levels, navigation, and scripture-inflected common sense into alleged demonstrations against spherical astronomy. Literarily, it belongs to Victorian popular-science controversy and pamphlet culture, where technical authority was contested by appeals to direct observation and plain speech. William Carpenter, an English-born printer, writer, and lecturer later associated with Baltimore, was among the prominent public advocates of flat-earth belief in the late nineteenth century. His work reflects the intellectual milieu shaped by Samuel Rowbotham's zetetic method, distrust of academic specialization, and the era's vigorous culture of public disputation. Carpenter's skills as a compositor and controversialist helped him fashion scientific dissent into a memorable, accessible catalogue. This book is recommended not as reliable astronomy, but as an important primary document in the history of pseudoscience, popular skepticism, and anti-expert rhetoric. Readers interested in Victorian print culture, fringe cosmologies, or the persistence of conspiratorial reasoning will find it revealing, concise, and historically instructive.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length2 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION.
3ONE HUNDRED PROOFS THAT EARTH IS NOT A GLOBE.
4APPENDIX TO THE SECOND EDITION.
5OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
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6[Appendix to Third Edition.]
7COPY OF LETTER FROM RICHARD A. PROCTOR, ESQ.
8[Appendix to Fourth Edition.]
9COPY OF LETTER FROM SPENCER F. BAIRD, ESQ.
10APPENDIX TO THE FIFTH EDITION.
11LETTERS TO PROFESSOR GILMAN, OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
12THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, OF BALTIMORE.
13PROFESSOR PROCTOR’S PROOFS.
14ODDS AND ENDS.
15Memorable Quotes
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