The Lost Science of Measuring the Earth: Discovering the Sacred Geometry of the Ancients

by Heath, Robin

• ISBN13: 9781931882507
• ISBN10: 1931882509
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-15
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

Two leading researchers into ancient wisdom demonstrate that the earth's dimensions were accurately known prior to 3000 BC. These astonishing findings, available for the first time, include a system of surveying and measure based on simple numerical and g

Table of Contents

Foreword by Paul Broadhurst	iv
A Personal Introduction by John Michell	vii
BOOK ONE Robin Heath
Chapter One The Art of Surveying the Landscape	1	(6)
Chapter Two Measuring the World	7	(20)
Chapter Three Measurement and the Moon	27	(10)
Chapter Four Stonehenge & the Lunation Triangle	37	(8)
Chapter Five The Preseli Triangle	45	(16)
Chapter Six Prehistoric Precision - A Summary	61	(6)
BOOK TWO John Michell
Chapter Seven Stonehenge Revelations	67	(8)
Chapter Eight The Numbers that Measure the Earth	75	(12)
Chapter Nine Traditions of Ancient Surveyors in Britain	87	(16)
Chapter Ten Secrets of the 52nd Parallel	103	(14)
Chapter Eleven Dates and Speculations - A Summary	117	(4)
Appendices
One: A metrological assessment of the system revealed in The Measure of Albion, by John Neal,	121	(11)
Two: A Guide to Prehistoric Geodetics,	132	(3)
Three: Locations of Sites,	135	(1)
Four: The Parallel Meridian 'Ladder',	136	(1)
Five: Bibliography,	137	(1)
Six: The Coordinates of the Perpetual Choirs Decagon,	138	(1)
Index:	139