The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh. Flinders Petrie
Roash, Pyramid of Men......ra
106 Sakkara, Pyramid of Pepi
107 Dahshur, Great Pyramid
108 Dahshur, South Pyramid
109 Dahshur, South Pyramid door
110 Mastaba-Pyramids, Sakkara & Medum
112 Men......ra of Abu Roash
113 Khufu and Khnumu-Khufu
114 Ratatef
115 Khafra
116 Menkaura, and the Third Pyramid
117 Brick Pyramids
118 Petukhanu’s tablet of Khufu
119 Destruction of buildings
120 Accuracy of Greek historians
CHAP. XVIII.—ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS.
122 The Accretion Theory of building
123 Application of it to the large Pyramids
124 Inapplicability of the theory
125 Plugging of the Pyramid passages
126 Doors of the Pyramids
127 Relative workmanship of Pyramids
128 Use of Plaster
CHAP. XIX.—MECHANICAL METHODS OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS.
129 Nature of tools employed on hard stone
130 Examples of sawing
131 Examples of tubular drilling
132 Examples of turning
133 Rate of working
134 Tools not actually found
135 References on other details
CHAP. XX.—VALUES OF THE CUBIT AND DIGIT.
136 The cubit in the Great Pyramid
137 The cubit in other buildings
138 Divisions of lists in the tombs
139 Decimal division of cubit
140 Values of the digit
141 Comparison with previous results
CHAP. XXI.—THEORIES COMPARED WITH FACTS.
142 The comparisons based on the facts
143 The Great Pyramid base
144 The Great Pyramid height
145 The Great Pyramid angle
146 The Great Pyramid courses
147 Rock trenches by Great Pyramid
148 Positions of the chambers
149 Lengths of the passages
150 Dimensions of the passages
151 Angles of the passages
152 Subterranean Chamber
153 Queen’s Chamber
154 Antechamber
155 King’s Chamber
156 Coffer
157 Synopsis of Great Pyramid theories
158 The Tombic theory
159 Second Pyramid, outside
160 Second Pyramid, inside
161 Second Pyramid, coffer
162 Third Pyramid
163 Comparison of previous surveys
CHAP. XXII.—HISTORY OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, AND ITS DESIGN.
165 Source of the stone
166 Organization of the labour
167 Preparation of the site
168 Planning of the courses
169 Raising the stones
170 Tools and chips
171 Deterioration of the work
172 Plans altered
173 Closing of the Pyramid
174 A second coffer
175 Violation of the Pyramid
176 Inscriptions on the Pyramid
177 Destruction of the Pyramid
178 Summary of probable theories
I.—ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF A TRIANGULATION.
179 Nature of survey of short distances
180 Distribution of the observations
181 Order of observations
II.—THE REJECTION OF DISCORDANT OBSERVATIONS.
182 Continual and occasional errors
183 Discrimination of occasional errors
184 Weighting observations by their divergence
185 Application of the law of distribution
186 Practical elimination of occasional errors
187 Probable error, a factor, not a term
188 Plus and minus errors always possible
189 Secondary probable errors
190 Applicability of approximate formulæ