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CONTENTS 
Of the Preceding Paper , entitled ‘ ‘ Remarks on two Pyramid Papers in the last 
published Number of the Proceedings of the Royal Society , Edinburgh." 
Page 
INTRODUCTION, 316 
SIR J. Y. SIMPSON ON THE PYRAMIDS, 317 
M. WACKERBARTH’S PAPER, 317 
Letter to M. Wackerbarth, . . . . . . . . 318 
SIR J. Y. SIMPSON’S PAPER, 319 
Literary Points (1.), . . . . . . . . . 321 
(2.), 322 
(3.), . - 323 
NUMERICAL POINTS, 326 
The Coffer, ........... 326 
Irregularities of the Coffer, . . . . . . . . 326 
CUBIC CONTENTS OF THE COFFER, 329 
Arabian Authorities , ......... 335 
SIZE OF THE BASE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, .... 338 
General Principles of Accurate Linear Mensuration, . . . 340 
How the Principles should be applied to Pyramid Base Mensuration, 341 
Failure of Efforts to have the Principles applied in 1864-5, . . 343 
Libel First, ........... 344 
Libel Second, ........... 347 
Libel Third, 349 
Reported Additional Authority, ....... 351 
SIZE OF THE EARTH, 352 
Accusation First, .......... 353 
Accusation Second, .......... 353 
Second Pari of Accusation Second, . 355 
Accusation Third, . . . . . . . . . . 355 
Accusation Fourth, . . . . . . . . . . 356 
Accusation Fifth, .......... 358 
THE SACRED CUBIT OF THE HEBREWS, 360 
SIGNIFICANCE OF CYPHERS AND FIVES, 363 
Arithmetical Means, ......... 368 
MINUTENESS OF MODERN PRACTICAL STANDARDS OR 
GAUGES, 369 
PYRAMID ALLEGED TO BE A SUPERHUMAN, AND MORE OR 
LESS INSPIRED, METROLOGICAL ERECTION, . . 374 
