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VI. — The subterranean chamber shows the extraordinary
way in which it points out the pyramid's axis, thus indicating
a solution of the problem which has occupied the attention
of geometers in all ages, viz., the trisection of angles
while the metrical square shows how the unit measures of
the pyramid are related to one another, to the earth's
radius of curvature in lat. 30°, and the pyramid as a unitary
structure.
VII. — The polished coffer in the heart of the pyramid,
representing the cube of a marked linear standard, is based
upon principles referring to the specific gravity of all the
earth's interior substance ; and, to use the language of
the
celebrated John Taylor, " It precisely measures the four
cheoners of the Hebrews, and also the one chalder, or
four quarters, of the Anglo-Saxon system, to such a nicety,
that the present quarters " in which British and America
farmers measure their wheat are the veritable quarters of
the stone coffer in the King's Chamber.
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In brief, while the Great Pyramid indicates astronomically
the " North Pole is moving toward Eastern Asia," the
coffer not only shows the method of dividing the circle into
degrees, and bisecting angles generally, but this porphyry
coffer is the standard .measure to-day of capacity and weight
with the two most enlightened nations of earth, — England
and America,— " ruling," as Prof. Smythe says, "the approximate
size of our British quarters, tons, and pounds. These
admissions furnish the key-proofs, that, while the coffer was
designed by the king for a standard measure, the hollow
chambers were built for granaries, and the receptacle of
treasures and records during wars and floods. Further
explorations will discover other chambers, making seven,
and all ingeniously connected with the King's Chamber."
This Edinburgh professor, treating of his astronomical
observations, says, " I have ascertained by recent measures,
much more actually than was known before, that the Great
Pyramid had been erected under the guidance of astronom-