***Completely revised version of the original 1922 edition*** ""The Chaldeans used to predict the eclipses three thousand years ago; with a degree of accuracy that is only surpassed by seconds in these days because we have wonderful clocks which they had not. Yet they had an entirely different theory of the universe than we have. The fact is that eclipses occur with a certain exact regularity just as Christmas and birthdays do, every so many years, days and minutes, so that anyone who has the records of the eclipses of thousands of years can predict them as well as the best astronomers, without any knowledge of their cause.""

Kings Dethroned

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Hickson, Gerrard

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Gerrard Hickson proposes here a series of alternative theories of astronomy, the place of the Earth and Sun in the universe, and the mathematics of the cosmos. After a revelatory experience, Gerrard Hickson began to dispute the distances involved between the Earth and the Sun. This book broadens and expands its scope, questioning the validity of assumptions in astronomical science. Using the work of the ancient Greek and Roman scientists as a starting point, Hickson takes us through millennia of developments, asserting that the basis of established science is unsound and in need of substantial overhaul. Later chapters are occupied with refuting the theories propagated by physicist Albert Einstein. Conceding that the notion of relativity is clever, Hickson nevertheless posits that it is based on unsound assumptions and is thus invalid. For the author, relativity is ? alongside Newtonian physics and earlier theories of antiquity ? a further step toward the wrongness that defines conventional astronomy.

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day; Showing It to Be an Amazing Series ... Error in the Second Century B. C. (Hardcover)

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day; Showing It to Be an Amazing Series ... Upon an Error in the Second Century B. C.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Gerrard Hickson stumbled upon a discovery which convinced him of something shocking. The giants of astronomy had miscalculated the distance of the sun from the Earth, it was closer than we ever thought. The popular estimate of approximately ninety-three million miles appeared to be a mistake, as inconceivable as it seemed. Hickson pored through the methods that his predecessors had used to calculate the distance and the accounts of their work, searching for the means to disprove his theory but instead he found a mistake in Dr. Hailey's diurnal method. Invented by Hailey in the nineteenth century and used as a basis for many other calculations about our solar system. We can only imagine that Hickson must have gritted his teeth when he set himself the challenge of proving Dr. Hailey's error. Kings Dethroned is the result of his research, and through his retracing of the steps of astronomers from the Roman Empire all the way up to the present day, we can see an accurate representation of the planets and our sun. Gerrard Hickson, unlike his predecessors, took his findings to the general public and published this book for the consumption of all. Having been rejected or ignored by experts and scientific societies across the western world, he chose to trust in the public. He felt that the truth and his discovery were the wealth of the whole human species and in this modern age it does the reader only good to contemplate the necessity of constant and honest scientific enquiry.

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy From the Time of the Roman Empire up to the Present day

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Kings Dethroned: A History Of The Evolution Of Astronomy From The Time Of The Roman Empire Up To The Present Day (1922)

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In the year 1907 the author made a remarkable discovery which convinced him that the sun was very much nearer to the earth than was generally supposed. The fact he had discovered was demonstrated beyond all doubt, so that he was compelled to believe thatÑhowever improbable it might seemÑastronomers had made a mistake when they estimated the distance of the sun to be ninety-three millions of miles. The author has taken the unusual course of submitting these new and startling theories for the consideration of the general public because the responsible scientific societies in London, Washington and Paris, failed to deal with the detailed accounts of the work which he forwarded to them in the Spring of 1920. He believes that every newly-discovered truth belongs to the whole of mankind, wherefore, if those whose business it is to consider his work fail in their duty he does not hesitate to bring it himself direct to the people, assured of their goodwill and fair judgment.

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Kings Dethroned

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day; Showing It to Be an Amazing Series ... Error in the Second Century B. C. (Hardcover)

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day; Showing It to Be an Amazing Series ... Upon an Error in the Second Century B. C.

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy From the Time of the Roman Empire up to the Present day

Kings Dethroned: A History Of The Evolution Of Astronomy From The Time Of The Roman Empire Up To The Present Day (1922)

Kings Dethroned: A History Of The Evolution Of Astronomy From The Time Of The Roman Empire Up To The Present Day (1922)

Kings Dethroned: A History Of The Evolution Of Astronomy From The Time Of The Roman Empire Up To The Present Day (1922)

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy From the Time of the Roman Empire up to the Present day; Showing it to be an Amazing Series ... Upon an Error Made in the Second Century B.C.

Kings Dethroned

Kings Dethroned: A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire Up to the Present Day; Showing It to Be an Amazing Series ... Upon an Error Made in the Second Century B.C