Re: Pyramid as Mensuration Standard
J.T. Foote (jtf@eng.cam.ac.uk)
25 Jul 1995 14:59:32 GMT
In article <3us8cb$qe0@shore.shore.net>, Whittet@shore.net (Whittet) writes:
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|> There is nothing which says that proportions can't be incorporated as units of neasure,
|> as for example the cubit forms the side of a cube whose volume is a standard of measure
|> for grain called an artaba. The sarcophaus of the Great Pyramid holds exactly forty.
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|> Steve
Waitaminute. Isn't that the same cubit that I've seen defined as the length
of your forearm? Exactly forty of _whose_ cubic cubits? Sorry Steve, this
gets less and less convincing...
-J. T. Foote
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