The Great pyramid : observatory, tomb, and temple (1883)
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 124
of sightfrom the other three uprights to each of the re«maining ones would give the other directions named,or eight directions in all round the horizon. The only possible way in which the pyramidcould have been oriented so accurately as it hasbeen, was by stellar observations, Oi all observa-tions… … ii6 THE GREAT PYRAMID. chief of all purposes to which a great public obser-vatory, at any rate, can be applied, it is the pole-star, simply because that star moves so slowlyround its small circle. But for determining thedirection of the true north point (and also for deter-mining latitude) the…
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