Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16


no one can explain to me how 1t happens that
the sacred cubit, that was used for all the
measurements Of this unique monument, is ex-
actly the ten-millionth part of the polar radius
of the earth. marvellous exact linear unit, be-
cause of all the dimensions of the globe the
polar radius is the only one that remains in
variable for thousands of years.
And how were the scientists of these an
cient times able to know the form Of the earth,
to measure our planet and to weight it? What
means did they have at their disposition to
study the secrets of the skies and to discover
the distance from the earth to the sun? But
they apparently knew all of these things, for
the measurements of the Great Pyramid
prove it.
''In the face Of these troubling facts, in front
of the mathematical revelations of this I'M
parishable monument and before the indica-
lions the latter gives us concerning the science
of Egypt, we begin to understand the attitude
of the monster Sphinx that stands guard over
the secrets of the priests of antiquity.
Are our incredulous scientists still going to
talk of condolences? Their doubt becomes
more and more grotesque."
BEFORE plunging into the mysterious nu-
r1erical calculations of Cheops' pyramid,
Able Moreux gives some of its measurements.
The height is 5,776 English inches, base 9,0688
inches. The calculations are so accurate thai
there is only mean error of of Clio of an
inch in length and IL seconds In angle from
perfect square. 1t is understood that 100, 900
workmen were called up at a time to work OH
the monument, each group remaining three
months. AS the work progressed, inclined roads
were built up to il, one of the roads taking 10
years to finish. When the pyramid was finish
ed the roads were removed, Of course. The
joining of the imense stones, which was done
without mortar, was perfect that it cannot
be equaled today. It is stin in perfect condi-
ton today, except that some of the face stones
were pulled of during the Arab invasion of
Egypt.
1.-THE first revelations concerning the Great
Pyramid were made at the end OF the
eighteenth century" the learned French priest
explains. 1.-THE scientific men who accompa-
MED Bonaparte and his army were making a
triangulation of Egypt when they discovered, to
their establishment, that the prolonged diago-
mails of the monument exactly inclosed the Nile
delta and that north and south meridian
passing by the summit divided the delta into
two exactly equal parts. This is hardly due to
hazard, and we must conclude that the archi-
tects were geometriStS of the first rank.
THE next discovery concerned its oriental
ton. The architects apparently sought to have
the four faces of the pyramids exactly facing
the four cardinal points, but this was only
achieved in the case Of the Great Pyramid
"It has always been difficult problem even
for the best architects. We have the compass
today, but, as every one knows, the needle
points to the magnetic pole, and there must be
corrections for every locality and every year,
for even every day. Then is the astronomical
method, using the polar star, but this is an
unreliable method for many reasons, one being