 | 1831 - 336 lehte
...The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. (52.) The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some founderies... | |
 | 1831 - 372 lehte
...The consumption of seven bushels of coals would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. " The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coals, a quantity consumed in some foundries... | |
 | 1831 - 336 lehte
...The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. (52.) The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet; consequently it would be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some founderies... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 324 lehte
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....weight is, therefore, 12,760 millions of pounds, at • medium height of 125 feet ; consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons... | |
 | 1831 - 472 lehte
...sea. The consumption of teven hanhels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 feet in the tide of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weight... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 lehte
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....consequently, it could be raised by the effort of about (330 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries in a week. — /. F. HerscheL Why is... | |
 | William Whewell - 1832 - 572 lehte
...sea. The consumption of seven bushels of coal would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite....eleven acres of ground. Its weight, is therefore, 12760 millions of pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort... | |
 | 1839 - 226 lehte
...it to the place where it now hangs. The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is, 1,700 feet in the side of its base and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on 11 acres of ground. Its weight is, therefore 12,670,000,000 of pounds at a medium height of 125 feet;... | |
 | Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1841 - 314 lehte
...consumption of seven bushels of coals would suffice to raise it to the place where it hangs. (3.) ' The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite...pounds, at a medium height of 125 feet ; consequently it would be raised by the effort of about 630 chaldrons of coal, a quantity consumed in some foundries... | |
 | 1841 - 536 lehte
...Its building is stated by Pliny and Diodorus Siculus, to have occupied 360,000 men for tw nty years. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in...perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. A better idea to all acquainted with London is the fact, that the base of this Pyramid is the size... | |
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The great pyramid of Egypt is composed of granite. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. Its weight is, therefore... 
