INDEX.
- Abandoning obelisk, reason of, 6, 10.
- Alaqi, Wady, 12, 27.
- Amasis II, transport under, 30.
- Amenemêt III, expedition, 29.
- Anastasi papyrus, 30, 35.
- Balls of dolerite (see ‘pounders’).
- Basic nuclei at Aswân, 12.
- Bed of removed obelisk, 17, 20.
- Bending stress, 42, 43.
- Block and tackle, 38.
- Boat, loading obelisk on, 33.
- Boats, 32, 33.
- Boning rods, 7.
- Burning, to break up granite, 4, 5.
- Calculations, ancient, 30, 35, 43.
- Canal, suggestion by Pliny, 33, 49.
- Capstan, 38.
- Centre lines, 8.
- Centre of gravity, 42.
- Chisel marks, 5, 11.
- Chisels,
- — copper, 24–27.
- — stone, 26.
- Cleopatra’s needle (see London obelisk).
- Colossi, 23, 35.
- Compartments in brick ramp, 35.
- Constantinople obelisk, 3, 43.
- Copper chisels, 24–27.
- — micro-examination of, 52.
- — tempering of, 27.
- Cost of excavation, 2.
- Cracks,
- — ancient examination of, 6.
- — in obelisk, 6–8, 10.
- Crowbars, 4 (note 2).
- Cubit,
- — alleged lapidary, 19.
- — common, 19.
- — obelisk, 20.
- — royal Egyptian, 19, 20.
- Cutting granite, 25–27.
- Date of obelisk, 3.
- Derricks, 38, 53.
- Detaching obelisk from bed, 23–25.
- Dutotpe, statue of, 30, 38.
- Dimensions of obelisks, 9.
- Dolerite, 12, 13, 26.
- Double-foot, 11, 7.
- Embankment for erecting obelisks, 35, 37.
- Emery, 5, 27.
- Entasis, absence of, 7.
- Erection of obelisks, 35–42, 50, 51, 52.
- — by direct raising, 36, 51.
- — by embankment, 37.
- — by embankment and funnel, 38–42.
- — New York, 52.
- — Paris, 53.
- — Seringapatam, 36.
- — under “Rhamsesis”, 36.
- — Vatican, 51.
- Expeditions for stone, 29, 30.
- — Amenemêt III, 29.
- — Menthuotpe IV, 29.
- — Ramesses IV, 29.
- Extraction of obelisk from quarry, 23–27.
- Finger, division of cubit, 19.
- Fissures, ancient examination of, 6.
- — in obelisk, 6, 7, 10.
- Foot, as measure, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20.
- Friction of sled, 30, 31, 38.
- Funnel for erecting obelisks, 38–42.
- Geology of Aswân, 12.
- Glaze, natural, on pot, 44.
- Graffiti, 46.
- Guide-lines for masons, 6, 8, 11, 17.
- Gum, acacia, 44.
- Gyn, 38.
- Hammâmât, quarries, 26.
- Hammer-dressing, 7, 8.
- Hammer, granite from Saqqârah, 5.
- atshepsôwet,
- — obelisk of, 9, 14, 32, 41.
- — obelisk on sled, 32.
- Hieratic inscriptions, 20, 44.
- ori, the scribe, 30, 35.
- Inscription
- — on bed of small obelisk, 21.
- — on rocks, 46.
- — on ostrakon, 46.
- — on quarry-face, 20.
- Iron,
- — halberd of, 26.
- — preservation of, 26.
- — wedges, 5, 26.
- Karnak, obelisk of pylon VII, 9, 10.
- Lateran obelisk, 9, 10.
- Later project, dimensions of, 9.
- Length of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9.
- Levers, for tilting obelisks, 23–25.
- — note on, 37.
- Lines,
- — guide, 6, 8, 11, 17.
- — measuring, 11.
- London obelisk, 9, 53, 54.
- Luxor-Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- Maarieh obelisk, 9.
- Menthuotpe, expedition of, 29.
- Mindâlah, 13.
- Modern erections of obelisks, 31, 33, 52–54.
- Modulus of rupture for granite, 43.
- New York obelisk, 9, 33, 52.
- Nineveh, transport at, 30.
- Obelisks,
- — alleged 108‐cubit, 3, 43.
- — ancient problem on, 30.
- — dimensions of, 9.
- — erection of, 35–43.
- — extraction from quarry, 23–27.
- — atshepsôwet’s, 9, 14, 32, 41.
- — Lateran, 9, 10.
- — limit to length of, 43.
- — London, 9, 53, 54.
- — Luxor-Paris, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- — Maarieh, 9.
- — modern removals of, 31–33, 52, 54.
- — New York, 9, 33, 52.
- — Seringapatam, 36.
- — stresses in, 42, 43.
- — transport of, 29–33.
- — Tuthmôsis I, 9.
- — Tuthmôsis III, 9, 10.
- — undercutting in quarry, 23, 24.
- Ochre, 11, 44.
- Ostrakon, 44, 45.
- Palm (measure), 19.
- Palm-rope, 25.
- Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- Platform above obelisk, 17.
- Plug and feather, 4.
- ‘Pounders’,
- — attachment of, 13.
- — broken by blows, 12.
- — material of, 12.
- — provenance of, 12.
- — rate of work with, 14.
- — specific gravity, 12.
- — used by hand, 13, 20.
- — use with rammers, 13.
- — wear on, 12.
- Pounding, ancient word for, 46.
- Pot found in clearing, 44.
- Ptolemy Philadelphus, transport under, 33.
- Quarries at Aswân, 12.
- Ramesses IV, expedition of, 29.
- Rammers, 13.
- Rate of work in pounding granite, 14.
- Records of ancient workmen, 18–20.
- Reed cushion, 41.
- Rollers,
- — obelisk placed on, 31, 38.
- — ancient, 38.
- Rolling obelisk from quarry, 23–25.
- Ropes, sizes of, 25.
- Rusting of iron, 26.
- Sand,
- — cohesion of particles in, 39.
- — packing with, 24, 25.
- — used in erections, 35, 39.
- Sarcophagi, unfinished, 12.
- Scale models, 40, 43.
- Seringapatam obelisk, 36.
- Sheers, 38.
- Sleds, 32, 41.
- Slot in obelisk pedestals, 40, 41.
- Softening (!) granite, 26.
- Soldiers in transport work, 29, 30.
- Specific gravity of ‘pounders’, 12.
- Stains on dolerite ‘pounders’, 12.
- Steel, 25, 26.
- Stresses due to weight of obelisk, 42, 43.
- Survey Department, 1.
- Tempering of copper, 27.
- Test-shafts, 6.
- utotpe (see Dutotpe), 30, 38.
- utiy, record of 108 cubit obelisk, 43.
- Time taken in pounding out trench, 14.
- Transport of obelisks, 29–33.
- Trench on upper quarry-face, 17.
- Trench round obelisk, 11–15.
- Tuthmôsis I, obelisk of, 9.
- Tuthmôsis III, obelisk of, 9, 10.
- Undercutting obelisks in quarry, 23, 24.
- Units used in this volume, 2.
- Wedges, 4, 5, 26.
- Weight of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9.
- Weight of obelisks compared, 9.
- Work, ancient arrangement of, 14.