waggy Wrote:
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> In Vyse &Perrings publications, the apex height is
> given as 22feet, 5 inches, 6.83m, which is in
> close agreement with what M&R quote Vandier,
> 6.84m.
> The error is in the wall height by Vyse &Perring
> who give 19 feet 3 inches, 5.87m, which is too
> high, thus 6.83 -5.87m, leaves 38 inches , which
> is what Petrie quotes from Vyse and he adds this
> to his wall height of 10 cubits 5.24m or 206.3
> inches to obtain an apex height of 244.4 inches or
> 6.21m, which is too low.
>
> So the confusion comes from Perring getting the
> apex height correct but the wall height wrong by
> some 63cm.

(63cm. is just over 2 ft. )

So should that figure of Perring's have read "17", and not "19"?

Could he have just misread a 7 for a 9 ... /

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