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Journal of measure
Seven essays on regional standards, uncertainty, survey evidence, pyramid ratios, dodecahedra, ancient distance, and historically convincing prose.
There Was No Single Greek Foot
Attic, Olympic, Aeginetan, and Philetaeric standards turn one innocent dropdown label into a historical error.
Uncertainty Is Part of the Answer
Why a range and a provenance note are features, not signs that the calculator failed.
What Petrie Actually Gave Us at Giza
The enduring value of a nineteenth-century survey lies in measurements, residuals, and arguments that can be tested.
One Slope, Three Famous Ratios
Pi, phi, and the 5½-palm seked are mathematically entangled in the standard Great Pyramid model.
Roman Dodecahedron: Model Versus Object
A perfect solid can sharpen questions about an imperfect, enigmatic artefact without pretending to solve it.
Ancient Measures for Historical Fiction
Use old units to create a different mental world, then translate just enough for the reader.
Alexandria to Syene: Measuring the Earth in Stadia
Eratosthenes turned an angular difference and a 5,000-stadia baseline into a planetary circumference, while leaving modern readers a unit problem.
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