Hamilton, William Richard; Hayes, Charles [Ill.]: Remarks on several parts of Turkey (Band 1): Aegyptiaca, or some account of the antient and modern state of Egypt, as obtained in the years 1801, 1802 ([London], [1809])

325

inserted here, are taken from M. Nouet's Report to the Institute
at Cairo, and published in the Reports of their proceedings. I
prefer the rather to give these than those which I took myself,
as he was provided with much better instruments than we could
command for the purpose.

Ahout 750 feet each way.
French feet. Inches.

Length of the pyramid ------- -710' 3

Diagonal of the base --_--_-_- 1013 0

Lenth of the edge in its present state - - - 0'36" 1

Length of do. when entire -------- 676 8

Length of the platform at the top ----- 42 8

Height of the pyramid in its present state - -421 8

Height of do. when entire ----_-_ 448 Q

Length of the inclined side --____ _ 574 1

Angle which the edge forms with the diagonal - - 41° 42' 20"

Angle which the edge forms with the base - - - 58° 2' 20"

Inclination of the sides towards the plane l

f ,, 1 • l £ - - 51° 23' 46"

of the horizon j

The following measures were taken from our oxin observations :

English feet. Inches*.
Length of the chamber where is the sarcophagus - 34 9

Breadth of do. -----------17 4

Height..............22 0

Length of the lower chamber --- - - - 20- 0

Breadth of do............17 0

Height of do. -----------15 0

Length of the sarcophagus ------- 7 Q

Breadth of do...........- 3 6

Height of do. -...........3 Q

Thickness of the sides........- 0 6

The