In an earlier paper I showed how by measuring the two sides being viewed on a pyramid one could calculate quite easily the angle of approach. It was actually a novel way of solving for The Pythagorean Theorem.(Go here for an explanation of the geometry involved in calculating the angle [
donbarone.altervista.org]) Like all my work it went totally unnoticed but that's okay I am very used to it. However I have been working on The Greek Temples and came across this diagram online ...
Now the thought occurred to me that maybe, especially considering the title Et in Acadia which is definitely a hint to something Greek that maybe it was showing us ... The Parthenon. So I went online to see if I could find an image that matched. I was getting frustrated and then suddenly realized that all I had to do was do the two measurements and I would easily calculate the viewing angle, so that is what I did and got this image:
And then doing some simple trigonometry we get this ...
And really you have to love this even if you don't accept anything else ...
And of course 90 degrees - 66.5 degrees gives us obviously
23.5 degrees and is why I put it in this thread ...
db
"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db