Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 2) (London, 1841)

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APPENDIX.

Feet. Indies.

Breadth of passage -

3

5;

Height perpendicular, to incline

3

11

Angle of entrance-passage 26° 41'.





Length from beginning of roof to the junction at the





bottom of upper passage? ...

63

2

Thence to the forced passage

17

10

From the forced passage to the well

215

2

From the well to the horizontal passage

24

8

Total length of inclined passage

320

10

Horizontal passage.





breadth - - -

2

9

Height -

3

0

Length - - - -

27

0

Subterraneous chamber.





East and west - - -

46

0

North and south - - -

27

1

Height ....

11

6

Northern side, distant from the centre of the pyramid





northwards -

8

0

Eastern side is distant from the centre of the pyra-





mid eastwards - - -

25

11

Depth from the base of the pyramid to the roof

OA

8

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Length -

52

9

Breadth, ....

2

7

Height -

2

5

Upper passage.





From the end of the granite blocks to the great





passage, including the space ot 14 feet 9 inches





at present occupied by the granite blocks

124

4

Height ....

3

11

Breadth ....

3



Angle 26° 18'.





Great passage.





Vertical height -

28

0

Length to the step leading to the king's chamber -

150

10

From the step to the passage leading to the king's





chamber -

5

2

7 Tins passage has lost more than twenty-three feet of its original length, owing
to the dilapidated state of the exterior of the building.

The block immediately over the entrance is 12 feet 6 inches wide, and 8 feet
6 inches in height, vertically to the incline. The two lower of the four blocks,
placed cn dicharge above it, are 7 feet in width, and the two upper, G feet 8 inches.