Building the Great Pyramid in one year [electronic resource] : an engineer's report / Gerard C.A. Fonte.
2007
DT63 .F66 2007eb
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Title
Building the Great Pyramid in one year [electronic resource] : an engineer's report / Gerard C.A. Fonte.
Author
Fonte, Gerard C. A.
ISBN
9780875865232 (electronic bk.)
0875865232 (electronic bk.)
0875865232 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
New York : Algora Pub., 2007.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 205 p.) : ill.
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DT63 .F66 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
932
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The Egyptian pyramids
Pyramid fallacies
Scale factors in construction and engineering
Moving blocks
Rolling block experiment
Lifting blocks
Quarrying blocks
Additional construction details
Social considerations
Other approaches.
Pyramid fallacies
Scale factors in construction and engineering
Moving blocks
Rolling block experiment
Lifting blocks
Quarrying blocks
Additional construction details
Social considerations
Other approaches.