The lost solar system of the ancients discovered (1856)
Wilson, John, writer in astronomy · London Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts · leaf 290
amid of Cheops equal the side of the base. Join thisperpendicular with the side of the base. Thus a triangle willbe formed exterior to the pyramid. Divide the side of thistriangle into as many equal parts as the required number ofsteps of the pyramid. In the figure the number of steps onlyequals… … Fig. 57. A. parts. From these points of intersection draw lines parallelto the base. The distance between these lines will be theheight of the series of steps or terraces of the pyramid, whichgradually diminish from the base to the apex, and apparentlyin the same ratio as the steps of the pyramid…
Building -- History · Pyramids -- Curiosa and miscellany · Sepulchral monuments
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