The lost solar system of the ancients discovered (1856)
Wilson, John, writer in astronomy · London Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts · leaf 503
. Greater Section. Fig. 84. By similar triangles, 95 : 36 :: 120 : 45*47.Height of shaft = difference of axes = 120-45*47 = 74*53.less axis = 45*47greater axis = less axis -f height of shaft= 45*47 + 74*53=120.Axes are as 45*47 : 120 :: 36 : 95and dist. Mercury : dist. Earth:: 36 . 95. Let L R=*52,… … 37.26 a./s» Fig. 84. Less Section. The greater axis being = 120, make the less axis = 40 ;Then the axes will be as 40 : 120:: 1 : 3.Height of shaft = difference of axes= 120-40 = 80. The height of the shaft = 80, and the less axis, or heightof apex A above the top ord. = 40, if this side were taken…
Building -- History · Pyramids -- Curiosa and miscellany · Sepulchral monuments
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