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APPENDIX.
horizon, although the Great Pyramid is the more lofty, owing to
a base upon which the Second is built, as it is situated upon a
high perpendicular platform beyond the pavement, and is sur-
rounded with three squares or steps, which bear certain pro-
portions to the sphere or circle; and this, he imagines, to have
been likewise the case with the steps around the other two
Pyramids. The step of the Second Pyramid is five feet high,
and seven feet from the perpendicular of the edge of the base,
and the platform of rock is about ten or eleven feet above the
inner surface.7 This he considers was the Tgurov dopov of granite
described by Herodotus. He conceives that there were two ranges
of granite, and that the inner step was also of that material. After
other observations, he says, that the dark colour of the casing
has led many people to believe that it was painted.
THE THIRD PYRAMID.
He is of opinion that the granite casing, mentioned by antient
authors as extending half-way, was ninety-two feet high ; and
that it had some mysterious signification : that the size of the
building was regulated by that of the other two ; and that, from
an examination of the granite blocks, which formerly composed its
revetment, he found that the angle of its elevation indicated a per-
fection of form superior to that of each of the other Pyramids, and
that it was nearly a medium between them : that its perpendicular
height was the radius of a circle, the circumference of which
was equal to the square of the base ; and that this Pyramid
was an emanation, or spirit, and essence from the first great
principle of the system, namely, the circle of origin ; and also that
its relative position was determined by some fixed law, and not
by mere convenience.
The exterior of the upper part did not appear to have been
covered witli painted stucco, but to have been saturated with
some fluid like those of the other Pyramids; and the contrast of
the two colours must, in his opinion, have had a good effect.
7 It has been already observed, that the calculations contained in Mr. Agnew's
book should be examined in order to comprehend the full meaning of its author.
APPENDIX.
horizon, although the Great Pyramid is the more lofty, owing to
a base upon which the Second is built, as it is situated upon a
high perpendicular platform beyond the pavement, and is sur-
rounded with three squares or steps, which bear certain pro-
portions to the sphere or circle; and this, he imagines, to have
been likewise the case with the steps around the other two
Pyramids. The step of the Second Pyramid is five feet high,
and seven feet from the perpendicular of the edge of the base,
and the platform of rock is about ten or eleven feet above the
inner surface.7 This he considers was the Tgurov dopov of granite
described by Herodotus. He conceives that there were two ranges
of granite, and that the inner step was also of that material. After
other observations, he says, that the dark colour of the casing
has led many people to believe that it was painted.
THE THIRD PYRAMID.
He is of opinion that the granite casing, mentioned by antient
authors as extending half-way, was ninety-two feet high ; and
that it had some mysterious signification : that the size of the
building was regulated by that of the other two ; and that, from
an examination of the granite blocks, which formerly composed its
revetment, he found that the angle of its elevation indicated a per-
fection of form superior to that of each of the other Pyramids, and
that it was nearly a medium between them : that its perpendicular
height was the radius of a circle, the circumference of which
was equal to the square of the base ; and that this Pyramid
was an emanation, or spirit, and essence from the first great
principle of the system, namely, the circle of origin ; and also that
its relative position was determined by some fixed law, and not
by mere convenience.
The exterior of the upper part did not appear to have been
covered witli painted stucco, but to have been saturated with
some fluid like those of the other Pyramids; and the contrast of
the two colours must, in his opinion, have had a good effect.
7 It has been already observed, that the calculations contained in Mr. Agnew's
book should be examined in order to comprehend the full meaning of its author.