65 "Dwelling" upon error. 66 Ptolemy's predictions. 67 Canal in China--700 miles. 68 Mr. Lockyer's false logic. 69 Beggarly alternatives. 70 Mr. Lockyer's suppositions. 71 North Star seen from S. lat. 72 "Walls not parallel!" 73 Pendulum experiments. 74 "Delightful uncertainty." 75 Outrageous calculations. 76 J. R. Young's Navigation. 77 "Tumbling over." 78 Circumnavigation--south. 79 A disc--not a sphere. 80 Earth's "motion" unproven. 81 Moon's motion east to west. 82 All on the wrong track. 83 No meridianal "degrees." 84 Depression of North Star. 85 Rivers flowing up-hill? 86 100 miles in five seconds. 87 Miserable makeshifts. 88 What holds the people on. 89 Luminous objects. 90 Practice against theory. 91 Unscientific classification. 92 G. B. Airy's "suppositions." 93 Astronomers give up theory. 94 School-room "proofs" false. 95 Pictorial proof--Earth a plane. 96 Laws of perspective ignored. 97 "Rational suppositions." 98 It is the star that moves. 99 Hair-splitting calculation. 100 How "time" is lost or gained. INTRODUCTION. "Parallax," the Founder of the Zetetic Philosophy, is dead; and it now becomes the duty of those, especially, who knew him personally and who labored with him in the cause of Truth against Error, to begin, anew, the work which is left in their hands. Dr. Samuel B. Rowbotham finished his earthly labours, in England, the country of his birth, December 23, 1884, at the age of 89. He was, certainly, one of the most gifted of men: and though his labours as a public lecturer were confined within the limits of the British Islands his published work is known all over the world and is destined to live and be republished when books on the now popular system of philosophy will be considered in no other light than as bundles of waste paper. For several years did "Parallax" spread a knowledge of the facts which form the basis of his system without the slightest recognition from the newspaper press until, in January, 1849, the people were informed by the "Wilts Independent" that lectures had been delivered by "a gentleman adopting the name of 'Parallax,' to prove modern astronomy unreasonable and contradictory," that "great skill" was shown by the lecturer, and that he proved himself to be "thoroughly acquainted with the subject in all its bearings." Such was the beginning--the end will not be so easily described. The Truth will always find advocates--men who care not a snap of their fingers for the mere opinion of the world, whatever form it may take, whilst they know that they are the masters of the situation and that Reason is King! In 1867, "Parallax" was described as "a paragon of courtesy, good temper, and masterly skill in debate." The author of the following hastily-gotten-up pages is proud of having spent many a pleasant hour in the company of Samuel Birley Rowbotham.