Kings Dethroned

One work of interest on the matter of the celestial bodies is a book called Kings Dethroned which was published in 1922. Gerrard Hickson assesses the methods used in astronomy and shows them to be flawed and fallacious.

Kings Dethroned by Gerrard Hickson Full Text Link

Description: "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 of blunders founded upon an error made in the second century B.C."

The triangulation methods of astronomy described in the book Kings Dethroned are still in use today. The work goes over the methods used to determine the size and distances to the celestial bodies in the solar system and the assumptions used.

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Another review by London-based publisher Forgotten Books:

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