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Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid

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Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) was appointed to the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University in 1846. He was respected for his practical work, and his Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment (1858) is also reissued in this series. However, this book, first published in 1864, is testimony to the author's interest in 'pyramidology', and although it was so popular in his own lifetime that it was reprinted five times, his eccentric interpretation of the data he had collected by measuring all aspects of the Great Pyramid of Giza damaged his scientific reputation. Smyth was convinced that the British measurement standard of an inch as a basic unit of length was associated with the sacred cubit of the Bible. This measure was supposedly incorporated in the Pyramid, which he claimed was built under divine guidance by the Ancient Israelites, and enshrined scientific information.

Preface
Geography and the Exterior
Introductory statement
Geometrical proportions
Standard length of the Pyramid
Figure of the earth
Latitude indications. Table of dimensions of the Great Pyramid
History and the Interior
Structural isolation of the Great Pyramid amongst pyramids
The porphyry coffer
Why of that size?
Density and temperature
National Weights and Measures
British metrology and the government of Great Britain
Capacity measures of the Pyramid
Weight measures
Linear, squares, and cubic measure
Heat
More than Science
The sacred cubit of the Jews
Time measures in the Pyramid
Moses and the wisdom of the Egyptians
Mechanical data
Inevitable Conclusions
Hierologists and chronologists
Hyksos and Israelites
Superior testimony
Preparations for universal metrology
General summation, secular and sacred
Index
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ISBN: 9781108044417
ISBN-10: 1108044417
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 464
Published: 16th February 2012
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0  x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.59