1) Ancient Egyptian pyramid
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The seked (or seqed) was an ancient Egyptian unit for the measurement of the slope of an inclined surface. The system was based on the Egyptian`s linear measure known as the royal cubit. The royal cubit was subdivided into seven palms and each palm was further divided into four digits. The inclination of measured slopes was therefore expressed as....
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(from the article `mathematics`) The Egyptians employed the equivalent of similar triangles to measure distances. For instance, the seked of a pyramid is stated as the number of ...
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