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1. Notes on the Antechamber of the Great Pyramid. Based on the Measures contained in vol. ii. “Life and Work at the Pyramid.”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

C. Piazzi Smyth ,
Tracey  and
St John Vincent Day Esq.
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In considering the authority for the division of the sacred cubit into 25 inches, we have, first, the architectural fact that the Queen's chamber, containing the visible expression of that cubit, stands in or upon the 25th course of masonry, comprising the whole Pyramid. And here, though not strictly bearing on the case, may be mentioned a connection between the lengths of the two passages (the first ascending, and the horizontal passages) leading to that chamber, remarkable when expressed in inches, of which 25 make a cubit.

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Proceedings 1870-71
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 7 , 1872 , pp. 422 - 433
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1872

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page 422 note * In this paper the following abbreviations are used: “L. and W.,” for “Life and Work at the Great Pyramid;” B. I. = “British Inches;” P. I. = “Pyramid Inches” Pyramid Inch= British Inch x 1·001.

page 424 note * That is, axis of 1st ascending passage continued through Grand Gallery.

page 424 note † See next calculation.

page 429 note * These numbers refer to pages of this volume.

page 432 note * Viz. the east wainscot, a vertical line 103 inches high, and of the floor, a special portion constructed in granite showing a horizontal line 103 inches long.