2026-10-06 Internet Archive, Parallax
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Queries:
1. (rowbotham AND (zetetic OR globe OR astronomy)) OR "earth not a globe" OR "zetetic astronomy" (full text; 2,614 hits, mostly noise)
2. title:(zetetic) OR creator:(rowbotham) OR title:("not a globe") OR creator:(hampden john) OR title:("earth review") (645 hits; relevant items below)
Result: positive. These are identifiers only; none was opened or read in this run.
| Identifier | Title (as catalogued) | Priority | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZeteticPhilosophyParallax | Zetetic Philosophy (Parallax) | 1 | Possibly a Rowbotham text or later edition; check the edition |
| earth_not_a_globe_review_1893-1897_201804 | Earth Not a Globe Review (1893-1897) | 2 / 4 | Universal Zetetic Society journal. A Google snippet shows a correction: "Samuel Rowbotham, not Dr. Birley" |
| IAPSOP-zetetic_n1_jul_1872 | The Zetetic, no.1, July 1872 | 1 / 4 | May contain the 1872 autobiographical account cited by Garwood; unverified |
| BW1885OneHundredProofsWorldNotAGlobeCarpenter.o | W. Carpenter, One Hundred Proofs... (1885) | 2 | Rowbotham's follower, and Hampden's 1870 referee |
| ZeteticCosmogony / ZeteticCosmogony1899Robotham.o | Zetetic Cosmogony (1899) | 3 | Catalogued under "Samuel Rowbotham", but the LoC gives the author as Thomas Winship ("Rectangle"), Durban 1899. Metadata error |
| samuel_shenton-blunder_or_crime | S. Shenton | 3 | Later movement (1956 Flat Earth Society) |
| zetetes-the_midnight_sun | Midnight Sun (Zetetes) | 3 | Not examined |
A metadata read of IAPSOP-zetetic_n1_jul_1872 was attempted, but the page did not load in this run. Downloads: none (see sites.md, Downloads).