The great pyramid passages and chambers

square base. He came to the conclusion that as the top-stone of the Pyramid, from this point of view, symbolizes the sun, its vertical height should indicate in some way the mean distance of the sun from the earth. The problem was to find the scale. This he ascertained to be ten multiplied by itself nine times (or to use the mathematical sign, 109), as shown by the Great Pyramid itself; for, if a measurement be made from one of the corner sockets to the central vertical axis of the structure, and for every ten linear units horizontally inwards, nine linear units be measured vertically upwards, when the total horizontal and vertical measurements are completed, the original apex of the Great Pyramid will be reached. That is, the horizontal length from one of the corner sockets to the centre bears the same proportion to the vertical height of the Pyramid, as ten does to nine (645661 Pyramid inches : 5813-01 Pyramid inches :: 10 : 9). Having found the scale, it was a simple calculation to find how many miles are represented in the vertical height of the Pyramid. Reducing the 5813-01 Pyramid inches (the vertical height of the Pyramid) to British inches, multiplying this by 109 (i-e., 1,000,000,000), and turning the resulting number into British miles, he brought out the quantity of 91,837,484 of these miles, or as near the mean distance of the sun from the earth as modern astronomers can determine.

23 That the top-stone represents the sun is interesting, seeing (as will be proved later) that it symbolizes Christ, who is called by the prophet Malachi the Sun of Righteousness, who will arise with healing in his wings—Mal. 4: 2. It will be pointed out further on that the King’s Chamber represents Christ's heavenly inheritance which he has obtained in order to shed forth the blessings of light and life. It is interesting, therefore, to learn that twice the length of the King’s Chamber in Pyramid inches, taken in conjunction with the angle of the passages which leads up to it, also indicates the period of the earth’s revolution round the sun; for if twice the length of the King's Chamber (412'132 x 2) be marked off on the floor of the ascending passages, and a rightangled triangle be formed by drawing a perpendicular and base-line from the upper and lower extremities respectively of this portion of the floor, the perpendicular will be found to measure exactly the number of days in the solar year, or 365-242 in Pyramid inches. Another method by which the King’s Chamber shows its connection with the solar year, is explained by Professor Smyth :—‘ Take the length of the King’s Chamber 412:132 (Pyramid inches) to express the diameter of a circle. Compute, by the best methods of modern science, the area of that circle; throw that area into a square shape, and find the length of a side of such square. The answer will be 365:242.”

24 The Precession of the Equinoxes. Waving noted these facts, and learning from them that the architect's knowledge of astronomical matters was abreast of that of modern science, the next astronomical problem to which Professor Smyth applied himself was the determination as to whether the Great Pyramid might also record by its construction the duration of the precession of the equinoxes, the longest regularly recurring period known to astronomers. The return of spring each year is ever received with joy; hence arose the desire to forecast its coming by astronomical data. Long ago it was found that it was always heralded by the equinox, when the sun crosses the celestial equator, and day and night are therefore equal all the world over. ‘ Hence, to mark the equinoctial point among the fixed stars, and to note the place of some brilliant star, whose appearance in the early morning dawn would announce the sun’s approach

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