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In <19970327.214316.83@jross.demon.co.uk>, john@jross.demon.co.uk (John Ross) writes:
>Mike Hall wrote <thehalls-2603971444330001@news.elite.net>:
>
>> <john@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > Quite true.  Making sausage rolls the pastry needs to be three widths
>> > of sausage and a bit.  The hardest thing to teach is when an
>> > approximation is appropriate.
>> 
>> Don't I recall that the Temple of Solomon had a golden "bath" which was 10
>> cubits in diameter, and a circle of 30 cubits "encompassed it round
>> about"???  It comes as a shock to many to find that the Bible says pi is
>> equal to 3 ...
>
>Perhaps He created the universe more curved than we know it.  Now He's
>loosening or losing his grip.  Either way space is becoming less
>curved.  Discuss. :-)
>
>-- 
>John Ross
>Southampton

Actually, in English translation we miss something.  

There are slight differences in the sizes for the sea (bath) in the 
Hebrew original in the two biblical books.  When these numbers are set in 
a ratio, you end up with something like 3.14--not 3!

Unfortunately, I don't remember where I picked this up.  I am not 
learned in ancient Hebrew.  I picked the following up in reading a journal 
article somewhere.  Is there a Hebrew scholar or historian or a 
mathmatician out there that can help what is probably an over 10-year 
memory?

Thanks.


Robert R. Chapman, Jr.
chapm19@ibm.net
Lynnwood, WA 98036 USA
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