On Some Points in Certain Theories Concerning the Purpose and Primal Condition of the Great Pyramid of Jeezeh

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Excerpt from On Some Points in Certain Theories Concerning the Purpose and Primal Condition of the Great Pyramid of Jeezeh: Being a Paper Read to the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, February, 1868, by St. John Vincent Day, C. E., Etc., And in Chief Part a Reply to a Lecture Delivered to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 20, 1868, by Sir J. Y. Simpson, Bart., M.DBut greater proof than what we have yet given shows absolutely the entire dissimilarity of the two structures. We had occasion to consider the character of the internal structure - that is to say, the present-exterior of the Great Pyramid. Let us now look at that of the second, and what do We find it to be, but a poor, disorderly, altogether inferior mass of masons' work? It is described by Colonel Howard Vyse as being only a kind of gigantic rubble work, so irregularly built, that since the removal of the casing, the desert sand and rain have penetrated in several places to a considerable distance, and it is owing to this looseness of construction that Signor Belzoni was unable to work his way through the stones, which had collapsed in the forced entrance, supposed to have been made by the Khalipha, and that in 1837 the Arabs could not be employed in another part of it. But it is worthy of remark that this inferior class of work extends to only a little above one-half in height of the whole structure, the upper part to which the casing stones still adhere being of a higher order, equal (i gather from the accounts of Piazzi Smyth, who appears to be the only observer of this distinction) to the inner structure - that is, the present external surface of the Great Pyramid. It is most probable that he would not have discovered this more so than others, but for the recent falling ofi' of a part of the interstitial coating of stonework, which exposed to view the inner structure. What greater architectural blunder, then, could have been committed than the placing of a thoroughly-tied-together breakjoint system of well-squared stone super structure upon such eu inferior basement? Thus far, then, I venture to believe I have completely proved, by the evidence of the present state of things at J eezeh, that in the matter of present exterior there is no similarity between the great and second pyramids. Let us see how the comparison fares with the third.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.