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Building the Great Pyramid in one year : an engineer's report / Gerard C. A. Fonte.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT63 .F66 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fonte, Gerard C. A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pyramids--Egypt--Design and construction.
- Pyramids.
- Egypt.
- Great Pyramid (Egypt).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., [2007]
- 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
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875865218
- 0875865216
- 9780875865225
- 0875865224
- 9780875865232
- 0875865232
- OCLC:
- 81945000
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