John Cleves Symmes
From Kook Science
| John Cleves Symmes | |
|---|---|
 From a pencil drawing by Peyton Symmes | |
| Born | 5 November 1780 Sussex County, New Jersey |
| Died | 28 May 1829 (48) Hamilton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Workplace(s) | United States Army (1802-1816; attained rank of Captain, 1812) |
| Known for | "Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids" |
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John Cleves Symmes (November 5, 1780 - May 28, 1829) was an American army officer, trader, and later author of the hollow earth theory of "Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids," holding that "earth is hollow and habitable within; containing a number of solid concentric spheres, one within the other, and that it is open at the poles twelve or sixteen degrees."[1]
Selected Bibliography
- Symmes, John Cleves (1878), Symmes, Americus, ed., The Symmes Theory of Concentric Spheres: Demonstrating That the Earth Is Hollow, Habitable Within, And Widely Open About the Poles, Louisville, Ky.: Bradley & Gilbert, https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/File:Symmes_-_1878_-_The_Symmes_Theory_of_Concentric_Spheres.pdf
Resources
- "Symmes and His Theory", Harper's New Monthly Magazine 65 (389): 740-743, October 1882, https://archive.org/stream/harpersnew65various#page/740/mode/2up
- Symmes, Elmore (February 1887), "John Cleves Symmes, the Theorist", The Southern Bivouac 2 (9): 555-566, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062341235;view=1up;seq=115
- Symmes, Elmore (March 1887), "John Cleves Symmes, the Theorist (Second Paper)", The Southern Bivouac 2 (10): 621-631, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062341235;view=1up;seq=189
- Symmes, Elmore (April 1887), "John Cleves Symmes, the Theorist (Third Paper)", The Southern Bivouac 2 (11): 682-693, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062341235;view=1up;seq=258
Inspired
- Symmes's theory inspired the 1820 novel Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery.
References
- ↑ Cleves in his Circular Number 1, 1818.