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Er ... John, we (or at least I was in my post) are talking about "squaring the cirlce" here. That is to draw a square that has as it's perimeter the same EXACT distance as the circumference of a previously drawn cirlce using only straightedge, marker and compass. What are you talking about ? Don Baroneby Ahatmose - Ancient History
Hi Anthony ... One of the things I have long believed was that The Ancients were able to "square the circle". I had spent untold hours with ruler, compass and straightedge trying to duplicate the feat. After looking at the image posted below I believed I saw something I had missed previously in my attempts. Here is the image. I believe that using this diagram as a starting poby Ahatmose - Ancient History
Quote: "... Just finished reading 'The Golden Ratio' by Mario Livio BTW he efficiently dispatches any suggestion of Pi Phi or any sacred numbers being employed by the AE " Dr Mario Livio, the head of the new Institute Science Division at STSCI, joined the Institute in 1991 as head of the Archive Branch. Prior to coming to the Institute, he completed his undergraduateby Ahatmose - Ancient History
Hi Goaten ... Yes I have studied quite a few of them but this one is beautiful in its simplicty. Also (unrelated to the above) I found by playing around that the square root of 3 times the square root of 2 = 1/2 the square root of 24. No significance yet but I just found it interesting. 1.73205080756887729352744634150587 x 1.4142135623730950488016887242097 = 2.449489742783178098197284074705by Ahatmose - Ancient History
A tip of the hat to Heather. She can and should be very proud of herself ! Amazing. Cheers Don Baroneby Ahatmose - Ancient History
Hi all ... Just studying The Megalithic Yard and found this page. Interesting that in a particular arrangement where: "2. A circumference of 1760 MY..... .....Has an SS of 440 ft., 3 ´ SS = 1/4 MILE. .....Has an LS of 880 ft., 6 ´ LS = 1 MILE 3. Radius of above circle is 280.112+ MY , which is the number of units in the height of a Pi - type pyramid which has a base sidby Ahatmose - Ancient History