Happy New Year everyone! I’ve ended up with a few mathematical thoughts the past several days that I thought I might share. First, a bit of follow up – several posts ago I implied that as far as ancient meters go, 3.289868134 might take precedence even over the well-pedigreed figure 3.282806350, because it’s been observedContinue reading “Miscellaneous Metrological Musings”
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Addendum to “Two Numbers”
While the subject of 1.423799334 and 1.424280286 is fresh in my mind… At Stonehenge this past year or so, I discovered a third set of planetary, solar and and lunar calendar values. Before that there were only two sets, but as I began to see more about the metrological units that Stonehenge uses and howContinue reading “Addendum to “Two Numbers””
Another Tale of Two Numbers
Since I’ve been working with data from archaeological sites in Egypt’s Faiyum Basin lately I seem to be seeing a lot of the number 1.423799334. In accordance with what may be trend in seeing particular focus on the so-called Palestinian Cubit, 3 / 1 Palestinian Cubit in feet 2.107038476 = 1.423799334, which helps serve toContinue reading “Another Tale of Two Numbers”
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