Diagram of solar orbit over a flat earth
Title
Diagram of solar orbit over a flat earth
Subject
Astronomy -- Curiosa and miscellany.
Description
This diagram illustrates how the sun illuminates the Earth in Samuel Rowbotham's model of a flat Earth. The book that contains this drawing was published in 1881, well after the vast majority of Western civilization dismissed the notion. Rowbotham called his observations "zetetic astronomy" and believed the curvature of the Earth was an optic illusion.
Creator
Rowbotham, Samuel Birley
Source
Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe!
Publisher
London, Day
Rights
Public Domain
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Type
image
Identifier
qb52p37_1881_page112
Collection
Citation
Rowbotham, Samuel Birley, “Diagram of solar orbit over a flat earth,” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 8, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4623.