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An Ancient Relation between Units of Length and Volume Based on a Sphere

The modern metric system defines units of volume based on the cube. We propose that the ancient Egyptian system of measuring capacity employed a similar concept, but used the sphere instead. When considered in ancient Egyptian units, the volume of a sphere, whose circumference is one royal cubit, eq...

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Main Authors: Zapassky, Elena, Gadot, Yuval, Finkelstein, Israel, Benenson, Itzhak
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3314674/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470489
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033895
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