Don Barone Wrote:
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> Ronald Wrote:
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> > '... and that square root of 2 and square
> root of
> > 3 were major influences on the design and
> > placement of the shatfs ...'
> >
> >
> > I am fairly convinced the AE did not use
> and/or
> > did not need square root of 2 and square root
> of 3
> > to construct the shafts. The square roots
> seem to
> > be a consequence of the
> > placement/structure/location of the shafts.
> What I
> > mean is that the AE did not need what we like
> to
> > think they should have needed to make their
> > monuments ; they were mainly intuitive
> builders.
> >
> >
> > Ronald.
>
> Forgive me Ronald but that is ridiculous. Are you
> seriously saying that The Ancient Egyptians DID
> NOT KNOW that these relationships were in the
> design at Giza ? Are you claiming that they are
> co-incidences ? That the shafts just accidentally
> define the various square roots that are found ?
>
> Sorry Ronald but that is just plain nonsense.
I wrote what I wrote ; I am convinced the AE did not need square root of 2 and square root
of 3 to design/make the shafts or no matter what monument.
The shafts were designed/laid layer by layer. They wobble and curl throughout the masonry, which indicates that they were not planned in advance (so, no square roots usw.) and that many corrections were performed.
It is not because we maybe possess papyri with mathematical exercises comprising eventually square roots, that the AE actually used square roots to build their monuments.
On a vast plane with multiple large geometric monuments that have quadrangular bases and overall pyramidal shapes, square roots and other relationships occur automatically (co-incidentally). The same goes for the shafts ; I believe that they were not planned in advance ; they wobble and curl (have been corrected) a little bit too much.
Think Ancient Egyptian, not present day.
By the way ; I forgive you.
Ronald.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2008 04:38PM by Ronald.