December 01, 2009 05:45PM
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Hermione Wrote:
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> Dave Lightbody Wrote:
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> -----
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> > You're entitled to think what you want. It is
> not
> > for me to teach you about tolerances and
> error.
>
> Well, there's plenty on these subjects here in the
> archives.
>
> > As I said, all the data is in my book, and
> that
> > includes Kemp and Verner and Lauer. I have
> not
> > stated what is or what is not based on what
> > survey, just provided the data and source
> > references.
>
> So it all more or less boils down to Lauer's
> survey, then ...
>
> > I can do no more until I go to Saqqara
> > with a Leica total station.
> >
> > I also suspect if the error were 0.02% rather
> than
> > 0.2% certain people would still think it was
> a
> > coincidence.
>
> As a matter of interest, what's the percentage
> difference between the 544.80 m actual, and the
> 544.96 m. ideal, suggested by Lauer in the case of
> the 1,000-cubit distance?
I see you didn't get an accurate answer to this from Mr. Lightbody, but then again, I'm seeing the answer misapplied as well.
We are not dealing with a single length being measured to 3136 cubits, but rather the cumulative sum of four measurements. We know they can measure one side to a length of +/- 0.03%. That means that FOUR sides should cancel out that level of mistake, since it is a "+/_" figure, and not just a "+" figure.
Ergo, the actual measurement for four sides should be compared to an accuracy of 0.0075% (one fourth of the margin of error of one side). The margin of error decreases with the accumulation of a larger data set. It does not remain as a static figure. The error is significantly larger than that margin allows, and the two are not comparable.
To put it succinctly, if they could get the inside right to within one cubit on one side, why wouldn't the accumulated errors of the four sides be less than one cubit? Instead, we find the accumulated error is more like SIX cubits (about ten feet).
That just doesn't make sense at all.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
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