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John Wall

August 09, 2001 03:29PM

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<HTML>It's actually seked.

The AEs used the Royal Cubit which was divided into seven palms, each of which was divided into four fingers.

The seked was the relation between the horizontal setback of the wall and the vertical rise of 1 cubit.

In the Old Kingdom everything was a whole number finger:cubit ratio so it's easy to see that with 28 involved you can get a 22/7 ratio - i.e. an approximation to Pi......

How do we know this is how they did it ? It's in the Rhind mathematical papyrus and the example shown is for a pyramid.

If you're interested in the pitfalls of numerology read a <a href="[www.ianlawton.com] Cautionary Tale</a>:-)

John</HTML>

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Subject	Author	Posted
Pyramid Pi?	Jani	August 09, 2001 01:57PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Anthony	August 09, 2001 02:14PM
Pi(e) in the Sky !	John Wall	August 09, 2001 03:29PM
Re: Pi ( is ) in the Sky !	Don Barone	August 09, 2001 09:37PM
Re: Pi(e) is not in the Sky !	John Wall	August 10, 2001 04:56AM
Re: Pie is not in the Sky it is on a plate!	Don Barone	August 10, 2001 06:34AM
Re: Pie is not in the Sky it is on a plate!	John Wall	August 10, 2001 08:09AM
Re: Pie is not in the Sky it is on a plate!	Don Barone	August 10, 2001 06:49PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Don Barone	August 09, 2001 05:39PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	John Wall	August 09, 2001 05:50PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Don Barone	August 09, 2001 05:58PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	John Wall	August 09, 2001 06:03PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Tman	August 09, 2001 08:31PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Don Barone	August 09, 2001 09:21PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Tman	August 10, 2001 12:19PM
Re: Pyramid Pi?	Don Barone	August 10, 2001 06:47PM

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