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A Pictorial View of Units of the Pyramid

04/08/2013 6:54 PM

This is a true picture take from inside the Pyramid - You tell me what units you would use

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04/08/2013 9:48 PM

Cubits and degrees, I suppose.

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04/08/2013 11:00 PM

Depends- is that a Bath in the middle of the picture?
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04/08/2013 11:15 PM

Yeah, and somebody already started breaking it.

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Ouch!
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04/09/2013 2:04 AM

Grandma standing on mummy.....

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04/09/2013 6:44 PM

Candelas per square meter; the term 'nit' is being discouraged. You're asking about the lighting, right?

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04/15/2013 2:24 PM

With the lack of quality discussion by fellow bloggers, this is my discussion of the original question, "why not units 45" and 90"? Based on Ancient units, The two choices were inches, feet and yards. The published height of the pyramid. (by Peter Lemesurier, 1977), 480', 480 feet. This dimension is divisible by two: 480, 240, 120, 60, 30 & 15. This dimension is also divisible by three: 480 & 160, that can be expressed as yards, which can be expressed as 4 Span, (4x9 = 36 inches),3 feet, (3x12 = 36 inches), 2 Cubits, (2x18 = 36 inches). (9 & 18 inches come from the Ancient system of cubits, while 12" & 36" are part of our present "feet" & "yard".

The next major dimension is a "slope" of 51, 50'40" degrees. This corresponds to a ratio of a "run" of 4 units and a "rise" of 5 units. Since this proportion can be expressed as 4/5 = 8/10 = 0.8 as a decimal fraction corresponding to a slope of 52 degrees.

We now express the height as four sections of forty units, (160 yd / 4 = 40 yd / 5 equals Eight layers of five spans = 5x9 = 45"; or four layers ten spans = 4 x 90"=360" Did these Early Engineers know the significance of 360 degrees in a square
(Four corners of 90 degrees).

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