. Discovery. Science. Fig. 2.—a slope of rVR.\MIDS. unsuccessfully to find a relation between the slope of the Great Pyramid and any of the angles of the triangle. Failing in that direction, I directed my attention to some of the others out of the many Egyptian pyramids and met with the following extra- ordinary result. In the Encyclopcedia Britannica the slope of the Second Pyramid, that of Kephron, and also of the seventh, eighth, and ninth pyramids, is given as 53° 10'. The discrepancy between the 53° 8' of the triangle and this statement of the measure- ment by engine
. Discovery. Science. Fig. 2.—a slope of rVR.\MIDS. unsuccessfully to find a relation between the slope of the Great Pyramid and any of the angles of the triangle. Failing in that direction, I directed my attention to some of the others out of the many Egyptian pyramids and met with the following extra- ordinary result. In the Encyclopcedia Britannica the slope of the Second Pyramid, that of Kephron, and also of the seventh, eighth, and ninth pyramids, is given as 53° 10'. The discrepancy between the 53° 8' of the triangle and this statement of the measure- ment by engineers is, as a matter of material practice, so small that there seems little reason to doubt that in the building of these pyramids the triangle was used to regulate the slope of the sides in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The agreement is so close between the theoretical angle and the angle recorded as measured that in the Second Pyramid, whose height is given as 472 ft., the recorded height is within a few inches of the theoretical height. When we take into account the ill-defined surface of the stonework, the instrumental and personal errors, the theory may fairly be regarded as a true explanation. Even in the Great Pyramid itself, although the slope of the side cannot be made to conform with this theory, there lies a cryptic revelation of the proportions hidden in the dimensions of the King's Chamber, the very nucleus of the stone immensity. The dimensions of the King's Chamber are given as 34 by 17 ft., with a height of 19 ft. The floor is a simple oblong, twice as long as it is broad—a figure which has some little interest in itself, yet, in view of what follows, the simplicity of its design might almost be considered as an intentional blind to divert one from the true secret concealed in the dimensions. The curious relation of width to height, 17 to 19 ft., lacking, so far as I could find, any feature of interest, led me to probe in other directions, and fin
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