Pyramid
object · 2 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
pyramid · ABCG · BKTL · DEFH · FMPN · pyramids · the Pyramids · the pyramid · the pyramid EFGK
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Elements
A solid figure with a polygonal base and a vertex, used throughout as the basic solid whose volume is related to prisms, cones, and other pyramids.
Therefore the pyramid BKTL has to the pyramid FMPN the ratio triplicate of that which BK has to FM.
And the pyramid ABCG is a sixth part of BGML, and the pyramid DEFH a sixth part of the parallelepiped EHQP;
But those parallelepipedal solids in which the bases are reciprocally proportional to the heights are equal;
Law in a Free State
The Egyptian monuments referenced as having been built by human labour without beasts of burden, used analogically.
if there were no horses, asses, oxen, other beasts of burden, or engines, it is clear that men would be required to do the lifting, carrying, and pulling themselves, just as they did under the Pharaohs who built the Pyramids.