The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weight is, therefore, 12,760 millions of pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently... A Manual of Chemistry - Page 144by Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1841 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1841 - 536 pages
...Its building is stated by Pliny and Diodorus Siculus, to have occupied 360,000 men for tw nty years. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in...perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. A better idea to all acquainted with London is the fact, that the base of this Pyramid is the size... | |
| Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...building is stated by Pliny and Diodorus Siculus, to have occupied 360,000 men for tw nty years. If. is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. A bettor idea to all acquainted with London is the fact, that the base of this Pyramid is the size... | |
| Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1846 - 144 pages
...formed ; this compound may be again resolved, by chemical action, into its constituent elements. 42. The Economical Applications of the heat evolved by...in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular 42. What useful effect may be obtained from the combustion of a bushel of coals? State some other economical... | |
| 458 pages
...it to toe place where it hangs. The great pyramid?' Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 fc*« ln the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weightis,therefore, 12,760 millions ofpounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequent;? it would... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - Society of Friends - 1851 - 842 pages
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. which the white population are excluded from almost...public opinion is begotten, calculated to discourage, Itg weight is, therefore, 12,760 millions of pounds at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1862 - 446 pages
...foot high ; and this is the calculated average effect of an engine now working in a Cornish mine! " The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite ; it is 700 feet in the side of its base, it is 500 feet high, and it stands on eleven acres of ground: its weight, therefore, is 12,760 millions... | |
| 1869 - 616 pages
...only eight. Here, then, is a machine which of itself represents at least 42,000 fiorses in the stable. The great Pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and it stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weight is therefore 12,700 millions of pounds, at a medium... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - 1877 - 442 pages
...The consumption of seven bushels of coals would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. __" The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....on eleven acres of ground. Its weight is therefore 12760 millions of pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Philosophy - 1877 - 452 pages
...raise it to the place where it, hangs. " The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It ''i 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular...on eleven acres of ground. Its weight is therefore 12760 millions of pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort... | |
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