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Unpublished paper, 'Notes on some particular relations which appear in the Great Pyramid from the precise measures of Mr Flinders' by D V Downing

Reference number: AP/66/21

Date: 1890

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Downing writes on the design of the Great Pyramid of Giza, presenting measurements of the King's Chamber and passages inside the Pyramid.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Geometry / Archaeology

Received 13 March 1890. Read 17 April 1890. Communicated by [Frederick] Abel.

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AP/66/21
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1890
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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14 pages
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Typescript

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D V Downing

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D V Downing, Unpublished paper, 'Notes on some particular relations which appear in the Great Pyramid from the precise measures of Mr Flinders' by D V Downing, 1890, AP/66/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_66_21/unpublished-paper-notes-on-some-particular-relations-which-appear-in-the-great-pyramid-from-the-precise-measures-of-mr-flinders-by-d-v-downing, accessed on 07 December 2024

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