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Herschel11084

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.420
Summary:

Unable to give in a letter the practical geometrical results he has worked out from the laws of the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid. It would grace a history of Egyptian astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11085

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.421
Summary:

Thanks for his letter. Any astronomical observations can be recorded on a plane or spherical surface. 108 equal cubes will exactly fill the coffer in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid.

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John Herschel Project
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