Re: pi=3?
Scott A. Oakman (oakma001@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Fri, 8 Mar 96 17:04:49 -0600"H. Paul Jacobson" writes:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Garry DeWeese wrote:
>
> > I don't know about the legislature, but the biblical reference is 2 Chr
> > 4:1-2, which says the "Bronze Sea" or laver in the courtyard of Solomon's
> > Temple was 10 cubits "rim to rim" and 30 cubits in circumference. The
> > ratio thus would be 3. The discrepancy from pi is generally explained by
> > noting the rim to rim diameter was an internal measurement, while the
> > circumference was external (so one could calculate the thickness of the
> > laver). Or it might simply be round-off error.
>
> I saw the subject several times on soc.relgion.christian newsgroup. I
> believe it was Indiana.
> Paul
>
I think this is also an issue of urban legend...
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