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Life and work at the Great Pyramid during the months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865 : with a discussion of the facts ascertained (1867)

Smyth, C. Piazzi (Charles Piazzi), 1819-1900 · Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas · leaf 247

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t the estimatorhas only optically to divide each space into fiveparts, there is hardly any possibility of erring then,to the extent of any one of those parts. Hence we may see, that there is reaUy somethingnoteworthy in the Pyramid system, and increasingits adaptability to all kinds of metrology,… … SECT, v.] STANDARDS OF TIME. 215 choose, between the eight cardinal points, fivesmaller points, each equal to a whole number ofPyramid degrees taken in groups of 25. Andshould they desire, as doubtless the best amongthem will, to steer closer still than to a single point,—if they will divide each…

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