Edward B LatchEdward Biddle Latch (1833-1911) was a Civil War sailor and mechanical engineer. In retirement, Latch originated and developed ""the Mosaic system of chronology"" and studied ancient relics and rocks in their relationship to universal history. He alsodeveloped ""the Mosaic laws"" for determining the distances of the planets from the sun, and he wrote a number of ""elucidations"" of the Scriptures. Read More Read Less