Clive Wrote:
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> MJ Thomas Wrote:
>
> > What causes you to say that the Edgar's
> measure of
> > the floor of this Passage is wrong?
> >
> > A straightforward answer would be most
> welcome.
>
> MJ:
>
> I never stated his measures incorrect...you are
> reading into it incorrectly.

You wrote, "As you say, the Edgars determined that the original length of the Descending Passage was 4148 British inches (V. 1, p. 216).
I wish it were true...then it would fit perfectly into the base width of G3 (aprox 4150")."

So please do tell what you are referring to as not being true.


> Question for you:
> Did Edger use Petrie's base width measure to
> calculate the start location for determining the
> length of the entrance passage or did he use
> Cole's?
> Next...what angle of the structure did Edger
> "assume" for calculating the length of the
> entrance stones that are missing?

I am not here to do your research for you, Clive.
Read the Edgar's books and you will find the info you require.


> You see MJ...it's easy to measure using
> assumptions from other individual's measures...it
> doesn't guarantee the second individual being
> correct. What if Edger is proven wrong?

What if, indeed.
It will depend, of course, on how wrong - if at all - the Edgar's are.


> Petrie also states that the total length error is
> +/- several inches and I don’t understand why
> several inches is important...do you?

IMO, if a hypothesis is about intentional mathematical relationships between two or more dimensions, then it is essential that the raw data - the actual dimensions - are measured as accurately as possible.
An actual difference of plus or minus a couple of inches could easily grow into a significant error in the hypothesis.


> Also, you have avoided but still have to explain
> to me why Cole measured the first course 1+"
> higher than Petrie.

I am ignoring it, Clive, and this is because I am tired of your petty little games.

MJ