1877 Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid C Piazzi Smyth Watchtower Pyramidology

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1877 Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid C Piazzi Smyth Watchtower Pyramidology:
$79.00

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Up for sale is an original book titled "Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid", published in September, 1877 by Daldy, Isbister & Co., 56, Ludgate Hill, London. Originally published in 1864, this rare third edition has 24 explanatory plates. It contains Professor Smyth\'s thoughts on the Great Pyramid at Giza and the perceived connection to God\'s involvement and it\'s origins. More on C. Piazzi Smyth below.

This edition is in good to very good condition, it does has some wear and tear as would be expected. Bumped corners, shelf and edge wear, some spotting on the cover, age related dust staining on the text block, a little bit of writing on one page, one loose page. Both hinges are cracked but is holding solid, although the binding does have a "well read and used" feel. All 24 plates are there and intact. Some minor soiling to a few pages from handling but no foxing. I would ask you to see the pics to get a good idea of it\'s condition, and I would be happy to answer any and all questions, or provide more pictures if needed. I am not a book grader, so see the pics, and you be the judge! This would be an awesome authentic addition to your collection, or a great gift for that collector in your life, and would look great sitting in your library! This measures about 8-3/16" x 5-7/8" x 1-3/4".

For the Watch Tower collector: C. Piazzi Smyth influenced Charles Taze Russell\'s and his contemporary Bible Students beliefs in the potential Biblical connection to the Great Pyramid. As an example, Studies in the Scriptures Volume 3 Thy Kingdom Come has a letter from Prof. Smyth in quotations regarding his reading of Studies in the Scriptures Volumes 1-3, and pictures of the plates in Thy Kingdom Come are from this book. Please note the picture of this sale that shows this book along with the same diagram from Thy Kingdom Come and The Way to Paradise. Although the thought of a Biblical connection to the pyramids was thrown out by Jehovah\'s Witnesses in 1928, this may be of interest for its historical value and its direct connection to the early Bible Students\' beliefs by modern day Witnesses, Bible Students, or collectors of the study of pyramidology. Many other references about C. Piazzi Smyth can be found in Watch Tower history.

About Professor Charles Piazzi Smyth: (from wikipedia.org) Smyth corresponded with pyramid theorist John Taylor and was heavily influenced by him. Taylor theorized in his 1859 book The Great Pyramid: Why Was It Built? & Who Built It? that the Great Pyramid was planned and the building supervised by the biblical Noah. Refused a grant by the Royal Society, Smyth went on an expedition to Egypt in order to accurately measure every surface, dimension, and aspect of the Great Pyramid. He brought along equipment to measure the dimensions of the stones, the precise angle of sections such as the descending passage, and a specially designed camera to photograph both the interior and exterior of the pyramid. He also used other instruments to make astronomical calculations and determine the pyramid\'s accurate latitude and longitude.

Smyth subsequently published his book Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid in 1864 (which he expanded over the years and is also titled The Great Pyramid: Its Secrets and Mysteries Revealed). Smyth claimed that the measurements he obtained from the Great Pyramid of Giza indicated a unit of length, the pyramid inch, equivalent to 1.001 British inches, that could have been the standard of measurement by the pyramid\'s architects. From this he extrapolated a number of other measurements, including the pyramid pint, the sacred cubit, and the pyramid scale of temperature.

Smyth claimed that the pyramid inch was a God-given measure handed down through the centuries from the time of Shem (Noah\'s Son), and that the architects of the pyramid could only have been directed by the hand of God. To support this Smyth said that, in measuring the pyramid, he found the number of inches in the perimeter of the base equalled one thousand times the number of days in a year, and found a numeric relationship between the height of the pyramid in inches to the distance from Earth to the Sun, measured in statute miles. He also advanced the theory that the Great Pyramid was a repository of prophecies which could be revealed by detailed measurements of the structure. Working upon theories by Taylor, he conjectured that the Hyksos were the Hebrew people, and that they built the Great Pyramid under the leadership of Melchizedek. Because the pyramid inch was a divine unit of measurement, Smyth, a committed proponent of British Israelism, used his conclusions as an argument against the introduction of the metric system in Britain. For much of his life he was a vocal opponent of the metric system, which he considered a product of the minds of atheistic French radicals, a position advocated in many of his works.

Smyth, despite his bad reputation in Egyptological circles today, performed much valuable work at Giza. He made the most accurate measurements of the Great Pyramid that any explorer had made up to that time, and he photographed the interior passages, using a magnesium light, for the first time. Smyth\'s work resulted in many drawings and calculations, which were soon incorporated into his books Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid, the three-volume Life and Work at the Great Pyramid (1867), and On the Antiquity of Intellectual Man (1868). For his works he was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, but in 1874, the Royal Society rejected his paper on the design of Khufu\'s pyramid, as they had Taylor\'s. The rejection of his ideas helped contribute to his resignation from his post as Royal Astronomer in 1888.

Smyth\'s theories on pyramid prophecy were then integrated into the works and prophecies of Charles Taze Russell (such as his Studies in the Scriptures), who founded the Bible Student movement (most visible today in the Jehovah\'s Witnesses, though Russell\'s successor, Joseph F. Rutherford, denounced pyramidology as unscriptural). Smyth\'s proposed dates for the Second Coming, first 1882 then many dates between 1892 and 1911, were failed predictions.

The theories of Taylor and Smyth gained many eminent supporters and detractors in the field of Egyptology during the late 1800s, but by the end of the 19th century it had lost most of its mainstream scientific support. The greatest blow to the theory was dealt by the great Egyptogist William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who had initially been a supporter. When Petrie went to Egypt in 1880 to perform new measurements, he found that the pyramid was several feet smaller than previously believed. This so undermined the theory that Petrie rejected it, writing "there is no authentic example, that will bear examination, of the use or existence of any such measure as a \'Pyramid inch,\' or of a cubit of 25.025 British inches."

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