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.

Width ....

3

6

Angle 33° 35'.





Horizontal passage, length

9

0

Anteroom, length, north and south

13

10

Width, east and west

5

10

Height at southern end

9

9

- northern end

4

0

Length of inclined floor -

10

9

Inclined passage leading to sepulchral chamber.





Length -

- 13

4

Height ... .

4

1

Width

3

1

Angle 34°.





Sepulchral chamber—length, east and west

11

8

Width, north and south

9

9

Lining from 2 ft. 1\ in. to 2 ft. 8 in. in thickness.

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS OF THE EIGHTH PYRAMID,

THE CENTRAL EAST OF THE GREAT PYRAMID.
[For description, see page 1, Vol. II.]

Original base, square of - - - 172 6

- perpendicular height - - 1110

- inclined height - - - 140 0

Angle 52° 10'.

Original extent of base, 3295 square yards.

Present base above ground square of about - 125 6
- perpendicular height - - - 55 0

Entrance-passage above the centre of the base - 8 9

Length - - - 37 0

Height - - - - 4 0

Width - - - 3 6

Angle 34° 5'.

Horizontal passage, length - - 9 6

Anteroom, length, east and west - - 10 0

Breadth, north and south, west end - 9 2
- east end - - - 6 0

Height - - - - 8 11