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STONEHENGE AND OTHER BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS Astronomically Considered
PREFACE
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
This volume invites listeners into the early 20th‑century quest to decode the sky‑watching purpose of Britain’s most mysterious stone circles. Drawing on the author’s extensive background in astronomy and solar physics, the narrative examines Stonehenge alongside a handful of lesser‑known sites, proposing that their massive stones were deliberately aligned with celestial events.
The author chronicles painstaking fieldwork carried out with the help of engineers, surveyors, and local scholars, describing how precise azimuths and careful measurements were taken before many of the monuments fell to neglect. Interwoven with personal acknowledgments, the text offers a snapshot of a collaborative scientific effort, presenting the observations and early calculations that formed the basis of a still‑open hypothesis. Listeners will sense both the excitement of discovery and the urgency to preserve these ancient markers before they disappear.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (453K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2020-06-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1836–1920
A pioneering Victorian astronomer, he helped identify helium in the Sun before it was found on Earth and went on to found the journal Nature. His life bridges popular science writing, eclipse expeditions, and the rise of modern astrophysics.
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