The Great pyramid : observatory, tomb, and temple (1883)
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 129
sumed was intended for a simi-lar purpose, even if the consideration of the naturalcourse which intelligent builders would have pur-sued had not led us to expect to find precisely suchan ascending passage here. But itmay be askedhow the reflected rays from the star were obtained tNothing could have… … Fig. 5. would suffice) plugged at B, and water poured in soas to partially fill the angle thus formed at B, the THE PROBLEM OF THE PYRAMIDS, 121 surface of that water would reflect the rays ofAlpha Draconis up the ascending passage B c. Thedirection for the south Hne t)ius indicated could bemarked,…
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