OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. 



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Let us look into the accuracy of this very suggestive statement. 



(6.) The Porphyry Goffer ; its Size and Material. 



The following table contains all the printed particulars which I have been able 

 to collect, touching the measured size of the coffer; and it will be seen, not- 

 withstanding the popular impression as to the most accurate admeasurements 

 possible having been repeated again and again on every part of the Pyramid, — that 

 these measures of the coffer are, on the whole, so bad, as to reflect not a little 

 discredit on almost all those modern civilised nations they emanate from ; and 

 who, when at home, employed on their own standards, measure the7n, they say, 

 to seven or eight decimals of an inch, true. 



Some of the measurements may be in French inches, and therefore require an 

 increase of their number to represent English inches, but that would not much 

 improve the real diversities of the measures by different men. 



Modern Measures of the Pyramid Coffer. 





Date. 







EXTERIOE. 





Intekior. 



AUTHOES. 



1\T A TT?!? TAT 











A.D. 



l3l.AXEjl\l.A.Li, 



Length. 



Breadth. 



Depth. 



Length. 



Breadth. 



Depth. 









Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Bellonius, . 



1553 



Black marble 



144- 



72- 



... 



... 



... 



... 



P. Alpinus, . 



1591 



Black marble 



144- 



60- 



60- 





... 



• . . 



Sandys, . . . 



1610 





84- 



47- 







... 







De Villamont, . 



1618 



Black marble 



102- 





60- 



... 



• . . 



• • • 



Prof. Greaves, . 



1638 



Thebaic marble 



87-5 



39-75 



39-75 



77-856 



26-616 



34-320 



De Monconjs, . 



1647 





86- 



37- 



40- 



. . • 





> . • 



M. Thevenot, . 



1655 



Hard porphyry 



86- 



40- 



40- 



75-? 



29-1 





M. Lebrun, . 



1674 





74- 



37- 



40- 





• • ■ 





M. Maillet, . . 



1692 



Granite 



90- 



48- 



48- 





• • . 





De Careri, . 



1693 



Marble 



86- 



37- 



39- 



• ■ • 



... 



• • • 



Lucas, 



1699 



Like porphyry 



84- 



36- 



42- 



74-? 



26-1 



> . . 



Egmont, . . . 



1709 



Thebaic marble 



84- 





42- 



72-? 



. • > 





Pere Sicard, 



1715 



Gi'anite 



84- 



42- 



36- 



. . , 





, , 



Dr Shaw, . . 



1721 



Granite 



84- 



36- 



42- 



72-1 



24-1 



• • • 



Dr Perry, . . 



1743 



Granite 



84- 



30- 



36- 



• • • 





• • • 



M. Denon, . . 



1799 



? 



84- 



48- 



38- 



« . • 





• • • 



M. Jomard, . . 



1800 



Granite 



90-592 



39-450 



44-765 



77-836 



26-694 



37-285 



Dr Clarke, . . 



1801 



Granite 



87-5 



39-75 



39-75 



... 



... 





Mr Hamilton, . 



1801 



Granite 



90- 



42- 



42- 



78-? 



30- 1 





Dr Whitman, . 



180] 





78- 



38-75 



41-5 



66-1 



26-75? 



32-"" 



Dr Wilson, . 



1805 



, ^ 



92- 



38- 



... 



80-1 



26-1 



34-5 



M. Caviglia, 



1817 





90- 



39- 



42-'" 



78-1 



27-1 



... 



Dr Richardson, 



1817 



Red granite 



90- 



39- 



39-5 



> • • 





. . • 



Sir G. Wilkinson 



1831 



Red granite 



88- 



36- 



37- 



... 



... 



... 



Col. Howard ) 



Vyse, . 1 



1839 





90-5 



39-0 



410 



780 



26-5 



34-5 



When a note of inl 



errogation has bee 



n applied 1 



an inte 



rior measure, such measure has been 



obtained from the exteri 



or one, through m 



eans of the 



thickness 



as given by the observer in question. 



VQL. XXIII 



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