All past time : by five lines of astronomical time : authenticated by the British Chronological and Astronomical Association, and the only complete record of time published : containing a classification of all eclipses and transits from creation ... showing the total number of the years of the world, and every day since creation in weeks of seven days, together with tables of the kings of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Judah, Israel, Persia, and Roman emperors of the first century / by J.B. Dimbleby

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Dimbleby, J. B. (Jabez Bunting), 1827-
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ALL PAST TIME. 1
BRITISH CHRONOLOGICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION, (ESTABLISHED 1879.) MEMORIAL HALL, LONDON STREET, E. 2
ALL PAST TIME. 3
CONTENTS. 4
ERRATA. 7
PREFACE. 8
FIRST LINE OF TIME. 10
LUNAR CYCLE. THE SECOND LINE OF ASTRONOMICAL TIME. HISTORY SYSTEMISED. 24
HOW ANY MAN CAN PROVE THE DATE OF CREATION AND THE FLOOD. 25
BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORIES, TOGETHER WITH CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOOD, AND REMARKS ON THE CHALDEAN RECORDS OF CREATION. 28
KINGS OK BABYLON. Historical Table ix. VALUABLE DISCOVERIES CONCERNING THEIR COMMENCEMENT. 29
KINGS OF ASSYRIA, FOLLOWING AFTER THE FIRST SIX ROYAL CITIES. Historical Table viii. 31
KINGS OF EGYPT. 38
EGYPTIAN HISTORY. THE PHARAOHS OF SCRIPTURE, ETC. 40
KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. PERSIAN MONARCHS. EMPERORS OF ROME IN’FIRST CENTURY. 48
ROMAN EMPERORS IN THE FIRST CENTURY. 54
ANCIENT HEBREW SOLAR CYCLE. 56
YEARS OF THE CAPTIVITY. 61
JUDGES OF ISRAEL, IN SIX COMPARATIVE SECTIONS. 62
BOOK OF JUDGES, &c. 63
PEOPHETIC PERIOES. 67
ALL PAST TIME. 71
SABBATIC OR SEVENTH YEARS. 74
DATES BY THE PROPHETS. EZEKIEL, EZRA, ZECHARIAH, HAGGAI, ESTHER AND JEREMIAH. 76
INTERCALARY PERIODS OF SCRIPTURE. 82
TRANSIT INSTRUMENT. 89
DATE OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM AND DATE OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION. SHOWING WHEN AND BY WHOM THE SABBATH DAY WAS CHANGED, 90
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 94
DATES OF THE CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, ASCENSION AND PENTECOST DAYS. 96
DATES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. ST. PAUL’S JOURNEYS, &c. 98
ST. PAUL'S JOURNEY FROM GREECE THROUGH MACEDONIA TO PALESTINE- 100
DATE OF THE DEATH OF AARON. 103
SECOND LINE OF TIME. THIS ENGLISH SOLAR CYCLE AND ERRONEOUS FORM 0F THE ENGLISH YEAR. 104
WHY ASTRONOMY IS BELOW THE STANDARD OF REVELATION. ERRORS OF TIME AT THE OBSERVATORY. 107
“VOX DEI,” OR ECLIPSE LINE OF TIME. THIRD LINE OF TIME. 108
ALL PAST YEARS BY ECLIPSES. 109
COMMON TEAM OF ECLIPSES OCCURRING EVERY 18 YEARS. 113
TWO CONSECUTIVE TEAMS OF 70 ECLIPSES WITH ENGLISH YEARS COMPARED SHOWING IDENTITY AND KEPETITION. 114
ANCIENT HEBREW ERA “BIRD’S EYE VIEW" OF THE TEAM OF 70 ECLIPSES IN 18 NATURAL YEARS. 115
ALL PAST TEARS OBTAINED BY ECLIPSES, 119
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS. 120
NUMBER OFP DAYS IN THE ECLIPSE PERIOD. 122
SUMMARY AND PROOFS OF ACCURACY. 123
TRACKING AFTER THE FIRST ECLIPSE. THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER. 125
CONFIGURATIONS OF FOUR OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES Seen by an Inverting Telescope, at 23h.—June, 1887 (5885, A.M.). 127
TRANSITS. FOURTH AND FIFTH LINES OF TIME. 128
EXPLANATION OF TRANSITS. 129
ALL THE TRANSITS OF VENUS. THE FOURTH LINE OF TIME. 130
HOW TO PROVE THAT THE EARTH IN JUNE IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HER ORBIT WHEN IN DECEMBER. 132
HOW TIME IS PROVED BY TRANSITS. 133
FIFTH LINE OF TIME. TRANSITS OF MERCURY. 134
TRANSITS OF MERCURY. 136
NOTES OF INTEREST. 139
CREATION AND GEOLOGY. 142
FEW FROM MANY HUNDRED TESTIMONIALS. 150
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Dimbleby, J. B. (1894). All past time : by five lines of astronomical time : authenticated by the British Chronological and Astronomical Association, and the only complete record of time published : containing a classification of all eclipses and transits from creation ... showing the total number of the years of the world, and every day since creation in weeks of seven days, together with tables of the kings of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Judah, Israel, Persia, and Roman emperors of the first century Retrieved May 15, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52875339

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Dimbleby, J. B. All past time : by five lines of astronomical time : authenticated by the British Chronological and Astronomical Association, and the only complete record of time published : containing a classification of all eclipses and transits from creation ... showing the total number of the years of the world, and every day since creation in weeks of seven days, together with tables of the kings of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Judah, Israel, Persia, and Roman emperors of the first century London: E. Nister, 1894. Web. 15 May 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52875339>

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Dimbleby, J. B. 1894, All past time : by five lines of astronomical time : authenticated by the British Chronological and Astronomical Association, and the only complete record of time published : containing a classification of all eclipses and transits from creation ... showing the total number of the years of the world, and every day since creation in weeks of seven days, together with tables of the kings of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Judah, Israel, Persia, and Roman emperors of the first century E. Nister, London viewed 15 May 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52875339

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