L Cooper Wrote:
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> 22/7 is the ratio of circumference to
> diameter.

Apologies for imprecise definition ...

In any event, I am surprised by the
> certainty with which you make your statement. As I
> mentioned in a recent post on another thread, it
> is interesting - if not suggestive - to note that
> if one makes the diameter of a circle equal to a
> royal cubit in length (i.e., 28 fingers), then the
> circumference of that circle will be, upon
> empirical measurement, all but indistinguishable
> from 88 fingers in length. In light of the
> extremely limited surviving written record, I find
> it unduly hasty to categorically assert that this
> correlation would not have been discovered.

Have you come across this article?

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