Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres; Demonstrating that the Earth is Hollow, Habitable Within, and Widely Open About the Poles

by James McBride, John Cleves Symmes Jr.

$3,500 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge and Fisher, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. i-v , vi-vii, viii-xiii , 14-163 pages. The first formal exposition of the Hollow Earth theory of John Cleves Symmes, Jr. by one of his acolytes. Supposes the Earth is composed of concentric habitable spheres which are open at the poles and illuminated by interior suns thus explaining the Northern Lights

• Binding: Hardcover

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