The daily gazette., 1882-08-30
THE GREAT PYRAMID.
An Abstruse Mathematical Calculation in
sfy Regard TO Its Dimensions. .~

An Abstruse Mathematical Calculation in
| se Regard 10 Its Dimensions. s-
The Great Pyramid of Egypt, which stands
| on the banks of the Nile, opposite to the
city of Cairo, has always been considered To
be the greatest wonder of the world. It
| covers thieteen acres of ground and was
| once almost five hundred feet In height
The wonder is not only at its greatness, but
Tor what reason any one would build such
huge structure and of such a shape. If it
| ever had history, it is lost and there has
| not even reliable tradition come down to
us,as to the object of the builders. & -
Mankind have been ever much the same.
and actuated by the same motives, 1t be-
comes us therefore to consider what would
induce us of the present day to put up- a,
building that would tax the resources of
any single nation of the earth. The answer
would be, not vanity, not pride, but some
thing Of the very highest moment alone
would persuade or impel us to do it. Practi-
cal men having become convinced of this
fact, the building has been very accurately
measured OF late years, and many important
discoveries have been made. They have
found that the circumference Of the base
represents the earth's orbit, and that the
vertical hight represents the SUMS distance.
But in relation to earth measures we would
naturally suppose the base side length TO be
the most important line in the whole build
ing this is given at 9,131 inches. will
give solution which has been given to me,
showing that when and by whomsoever
built, the authors of the building were
acquainted with the exact dimensions of the
earth M ff fj tAEtFE .4N'
"The circle of the earth's orbit around
the sun is divided by nature into 1896. "A days
or parts; the diameter Of this circle is 116 .26
day parts, and the side of square of equal
area with this circle is f03053 rarts. Now
u you will take one tenth of this number,
l0.3033 as your foot of so many inches, and
as your unit of measure, and multiply IL by
bS6. % you will have 9,131 inches, or the
base side length of Me Pyramid But,
square which has $685. feet to the side, is
equal TO a circle whose diameter is 1000
feet, whose area is 7S5, ,403 square feet, and
whose circumference is 31416 feet. These
numbers seem to show that the builders
were acquainted with the dimensions of the
earth's orbit and understood the squaring
OF the circle, and that they designed to
record these truths in the monument"
''fhis much was published in the Scientific
Aaaerieda supplement, March 90, 1881. But
have seen that this measure was capable
OF further application. If you measure all
around the base of the Pyramid it gives
36, ,54 inches, which divided by 100 makes
Stderial year. This was discovered by Pro
lessor Smyth of Edinburg If you make
the measure in feet of 1913 inches it gives
3,544.02 feet, which divided by 10 gives
354. .492, or the number of days in lunar
year. will here state that the diameter of
any circle multiplied by .S8623 will give the
side of square of equal area with the
circle and that the circumference of anv
circle divided by 3.54592 will give the same
result. These two numbers when multi
piled together make what is called the ri
number 3. .1416l44516. The diameter of any
circle multiplied by that number will give
the circles circumference.
The inch used at the building of the
Pyramid was larger by a thousandth part
than our inch. When thus corrected, ac-
cording to Sir John Hershel, there are lust
100000 900 of them in the eartl's axis. The
eircu inference, then, of the earth is $50, ,S07,-
225.S inches, which divided by 3.54492,
gives AS, ,115,000 inches as the side of
square of equal area with circle encom-
passing the earth
The foot of 1913 inches makes clIbit of
900 inches.
Now if the base side length of the Pyramid.
is SS62 feet of 1913 inches it is 443 l15 cubits
of 20.6. Each cubit then in the base side
length, stands for 100000 inches of the
side of square of the earth The diameter
of the circle of equal area with the square
base of the Pyramid is 1000 feet of 1913
inches. 1t is therefore equal to 500 cubits
Of 20.6 inches.
As the the polar diameter of the earth is
500 100000 inches, each cubit in the
diameter of the Pyramid circle stands for
100000 inches of the diameter Of the
earth.
The circumference of the circle of equal
area with the base of the pyramid is 3,141-
.144516 feet of 1913 inches, which makes
$40. .S07225S cubits of 20.6 inches. As the
circumference of the earth has been stated
to be $50, ,S07 ,2258 inches, each eubit of
the pyramid circle stands for 1000, 900
inches of the circumference of the earth | do
not believe that man unaided, four thousand
years ago, ever measured the earth SO accu-
rately as that, and then of his own motion
built the record into such huge and endur-
ing mountain of stone.
After the pyramid was built it was sealed
up, and its meaning hidden from men.
There it stood, to them mystery, but none
of them could read it. Its use then is for
the future as standard of measure for all
time. The inch too is a measure never got
ten up by mans brains, but was given to
man by him who made the earth and the
heavens. The English speaking people then
ought to cherish their measures as far su-
perior to the French measures of mans de-
yising. W. F. QuINBY.