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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Autores principales: Zapassky, Elena, Gadot, Yuval, Finkelstein, Israel, Benenson, Itzhak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3314674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033895

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3314674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033895

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