The Pyramid Inch
Posted by ResLight on December 10, 2008
Many have claimed that the “pyramid inch” is a bogus inch that has been supplied by “pyramidologists” in order to support the claim that there are “inches” in the Great Pyramid that correspond with “years” in the Bible. Actually, that which is often called the “pyramid inch”, should probably be better called the “earth inch”. The word, “inch”, of course, is of more recent times, and some regard this term as a misnomer as applied to the measurement given, since the word implies 1/12 of a larger unit of measurement. Some likewise regard the designation “pyramid” inch to be a misnomer. Nevertheless, we should not get hung up over what the units of measurement are called. The basic unit of measurement generally referred to as a “pyramid inch”, however, is not a “made up” measurement; it simply exists, being one-half billionth part of the earth’s polar diameter. Of course, this “inch” is created, we believe, by God himself, as it is embedded within the creation of the earth itself.
Many credit Sir Isaac Newton with discovering (or rediscovering) the unit of measure that many refer to as the “pyramid cubit”. Others attribute the discovery (or rediscovery) of the unit many call the “pyramid inch” or true earth inch to John Taylor and others attribute this to John Herschel. Regardless, all three came to almost the same conclusions through their own separate studies. It thus appears providential that all these had discovered the same basis for measurement at about the same time. (Herschel was an astonomer. As far as we know, Herschel never studied the Great Pyramid at all, nor applied the earth inch to any measure of the Great Pyramid.)
If one looks at a lot of websites and various posts in forums on the internet, one can find an array of confusing and often contradictory statements concerning the measurements used by pyramidologists in the Great Pyramid. Many confuse the terms “royal cubit” and “pyramid cubit”. Actually, the “royal cubit” is a different measurement from that which is called the “pyramid cubit”, or as some call it the “sacred cubit”. While the terms “pyramid cubit” and “sacred cubit” refer to the same unit of measurement, the term usually called “royal cubit” is an entirely different unit of measurement.
A pyramid cubit is equal to 25 “pyramid inches” (25.0266 British inches). The cubit referred to as the “Royal Cubit” is equal to 20.606593 “pyramid inches” (20.62852 British inches).
A discussion on the “Royal Cubit” can be found at:
http://www.sover.net/~rc/deep_secrets/cubit/.
While we don’t necessarily agree with all of Rutherford’s conclusions as he presents in his books, we present the following from his works (please note that his reference to the “sacred cubit” or “sacred inch” is the same as “pyramid cubit” or “pyramid inch”):
“The unit of measurement employed in the actual construction of the Great Pyramid was the Royal Cubit, equal to 20.63 British inches (more precisely 20.6285) which was in general use in ancient Egypt during the building of the Pyramids of Giza. The linear unit predominating in the design of the Great Pyramid, however, is the earlier Sacred Cubit of 25.0266 British inches, from which the later Royal Cubit of 20.6285 British inches was geometrically derived. The Sacred Cubit was used by the ancient Hebrews and their ancestors and it would be used by Noah in constructing the Ark. In the Great Pyramid this Sacred Cubit is revealed as being subdivided into 25 equal parts, the subdivision being the *thumb-breadth*, now known as the *inch* (1 Pyramid inch = 1.001064 British inches).” — Pyramidology, page 69.
“On making a scientific examination of the Sacred Cubit in the Pyramid, it is found to bear an exact relationship to size of the planet on which we live. This Cubit is discovered to be the exact 10,000,000th of the mean distance from the centre of the Earth to the Poles, or in other words the precise 10,000,000th part of the Earth’s semi-polar diameter. The results of the latest geodetic research since the International Geophysical Year 1957-8 reveal that the mean polar radius of the Earth as deduced from observation of the orbits of artificial Earth satellites, is 3949.9 miles. Dividing this figure by 10,000,000, the result is 25.0266 British inches (correct to four places of decimals), the precise length of the Sacred Cubit of the Great Pyramid. Thus the Earth’s mean polar radius measures 10,000,000 Sacred Cubits or 250,000,000 Pyramid inches; hence the Pyramid inch is the 500,000,000th of the Earth’s polar diameter. Remarkably enough, as far back as 1869, Sir John Herschel, the famous astronomer, actually stated that the rational basis for an earth-commensurable measure is the division of the Earth’s axis “into *five* hundred million equal parts or geometrical inches.” (*Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid*, 5th Ed. p. 173, by Prof. C. P. Smyth.)” — Pyramidology Vol. I, page 75.
See also pages 72-74 of the book: “Secrets of the Great Pyramid”
Adam Rutherford theorizes that this Sacred Cubit was revealed to Noah by God.
It is the division of the Hebrew “Sacred Cubit” that what is often called “Pyramid” inches is based upon. (It has been suggested that this inch should be called “Sacred” inch or “earth” inch as many have come to wrong conclusions because of the use of term “Pyramid” inch.) Although measurments made by various ones are often given in British inches, they convert these to the “Pyramid” “inches” – inches based on the Sacred or Earth Cubit – before making any kind of application the Bible or creation.
Updated: December 5, 2005.