Re: THE eXchanger's THREAD - iNSiDER iNFO without THE HiDDEN HAND
Neither Leonardo
nor Vitruvius make no mention of the Phallu
s as the center of the square
, but it plays an important role in Leonardo's success.
The side of the square is 4 cubits or 24 palms
as can also be measured on the ruler beneath the square,
and deduced from the Vitruvius' text.
The diagonal of such a square comes close to 34 palms (33.94... exactly).
If we rotate the square around Phallos for 45 degrees
we get the upper point of the circle,
and from this we can calculate the diameter of the circle as 29 palms
(the difference between the square and the circle is 5 palms).
+ xxx
Last edited by THE eXchanger; 01-01-2010 at 06:42 PM.
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