Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR

CHAPTER III THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR

CHAPTER IV THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS

CHAPTER V CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE

CHAPTER VI GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE

CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901 [11]

CHAPTER VIII ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901

CHAPTER IX WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?

CHAPTER X THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY

CHAPTER XI ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS

CHAPTER XII ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS Continued.

CHAPTER XIII STENNESS (Lat. 59 N.).

CHAPTER XIV THE HURLERS (Lat. 50 31? N.)

CHAPTER XV THE DARTMOOR AVENUES

CHAPTER XVI THE DARTMOOR AVENUES ( continued )

CHAPTER XVII STANTON DREW (Lat. 51 10? N.)

CHAPTER XVIII FOLKLORE AND TRADITION

CHAPTER XIX SACRED FIRES

CHAPTER XX SACRED TREES

CHAPTER XXI HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS

CHAPTER XXII WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?

CHAPTER XXIII THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS

CHAPTER XXIV THE MAY-YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL

CHAPTER XXV THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (LAT. 50 4? N.)

CHAPTER XXVI THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES (LAT. 50 8? 25? N., LONG. 5 39? 25? W.)

CHAPTER XXVII SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS Boscawen-un , N. Lat. 50 5? 20?

CHAPTER XXVIII THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN.

CHAPTER XXIX A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN TEMPLES The Original Cult

CHAPTER XXX THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS

APPENDICES I. Details of the Theodolite Observations at Stonehenge

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

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STONEHENGE


LIST OF WORKS BY SIR NORMAN
LOCKYER.

PRIMER OF ASTRONOMY.

ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN ASTRONOMY.

MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOLAR PHYSICS.

CHEMISTRY OF THE SUN.

THE METEORITIC HYPOTHESIS.

THE SUN’S PLACE IN NATURE.

INORGANIC EVOLUTION.

RECENT AND COMING ECLIPSES.

STARGAZING, PAST AND PRESENT.

(In conjunction with G. M. Seabroke.)

THE DAWN OF ASTRONOMY.

STONEHENGE AND OTHER BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS.

STUDIES IN SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.

THE SPECTROSCOPE AND ITS APPLICATIONS.

THE RULES OF GOLF.

(In conjunction with W. Rutherford.)

In the Press.

EDUCATION AND NATIONAL PROGRESS.


STONEHENGE
AND OTHER
BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS
Astronomically Considered

BY
SIR NORMAN LOCKYER, K.C.B., F.R.S.

DIRECTOR OF THE SOLAR PHYSICS OBSERVATORY
HON. LL. D., GLASGOW; HON. SC.D., CAMBRIDGE; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE
OF FRANCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF ST. PETERSBURG; THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY
OF FRANCE; THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, GÖTTINGEN; THE FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA; THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF BRUSSELS;
SOCIETY OF ITALIAN SPECTROSCOPISTS; THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF PALERMO;
THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GENEVA; OF THE ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY OF MEXICO; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF LYNCEI,
ROME; AND THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, PHILADELPHIA;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCE OF
CATANIA; PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF YORK; LITERARY AND
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER; ROYAL CORNWALL
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION; AND LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

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