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of Edinburgh, Session 1867-68. 
strong presumption that the accounts respecting the Archimedian 
Mirror are in the main authentic. 
3. On the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, and Professor 0. P. 
Smyths Views concerning it. By A. D. Wackerbarth, 
A.M., of Upsala. Communicated by Professor Kelland. 
The author gives a detailed statement of the theories of Professor 
Smyth, as given in the Transactions of this Society, Vol. XXIII. 
Part III. He then, after heartily commending the zeal and dili- 
gence of the Professor, brings forward objections to some of his 
views. 1. As to the metron or unit of linear measure. Mr Wacker- 
barth objects that this measure was utterly unknown to the ancient 
Egyptians — appearing in no Egyptian document or monument 
whatever, nor in any ancient writer who describes the condition of 
the Egyptians. Mr Wackerbarth collects from the materials most 
accessible the following table of weights and measures in use amongst 
the ancient Egyptians (corrected for the recent measure of the cubit 
of Karnak, made by Sir Henry James). 
Long Measure. 
English 
Inches. 
1 . T'rB (Digitus),* 
. 
• 
0-73925 
2 
1. K ov'hu'ko 
• 
1-4785 
4 
2 
1 . CyOH (Palmus), 
• 

2-957 
5 
91 
1. (T 1 A'T < 9 , (Vola), 
. 
3-69625 
6 
3 
n 
l! 
1. Kubdeh, 
. 
4-4355 
8 
4 
2 
If 
H 
1 . 
. 
5-914 
n 
2 f 
if 
If 
1 . Fitr, .... 
8-13175 
13 
6* 
31 
2 f 
2f 
If 
1 2 
1 TT 
1. epTTJD 
9-61925 
28 
14 
7 
6 f 
4 § 
31 
9 6 
1 
2 1 1. JUL&gjl (cubit) 
20-699 
Itinerary Measure. 
1. ^OOlfTlt (Erdtw), 
606-875 ft. Eng., or 623 ft. Swedish. 
60 
i. HO& ftpuocy fe^), | 
6-9 English miles, or 1 Norwegian 
mile = degree of equator. 
150 
9i 
i. i.o-»p J 
17-2 English miles, or Norweg. 
miles = 1 degree. 
