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Drayson, with the intention of amplifying in a future article 

 these facts and their significance. 



Drayson's Discovery 1 



A circle is known to be traced in the sky by the slow motion 

 of the pole of the heavens (i.e. of the axis of the earth pro- 



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Fig. 1. — Diagram of the slow conical motion of the earth's axis which causes the 



precession of the equinoxes. 



The dotted circle (in perspective) shows the path of the pole of the heavens according to the orthodox 



theory. The complete revolution is supposed to take 25,868 years. 

 The outer circle (PRP') shows the true path as found by Drayson and is completed in 31,756 years. 



Obliquity of the ecliptic at the maximum 35 35' 47". Present obliquity (1919) 33° 36' 59"'36- 



duced) during a long period of thousands of years. The circle 

 PTQ, shown in the diagram as a dotted line, astronomers 

 represent as being described round the point E, the ecliptic 

 pole, as the centre of the circle of movement. It is known, 



1 Fig. 1 illustrates the conditions and results iof Major-General Drayson's 

 discovery. 



