CHAPTER 22
Quality in History and Time of War
Quality has a context and a back story, and it carries over into, and informs, both the present and the future.
Ancient History
Pyramids
Many of us have heard of the accuracy of the construction of the pyramids and understanding how this possibly takes us back to the roots of measurement.
One of the earliest records of precise measurement comes from the Egyptians, who studied geometry to assist them in the construction of the pyramids. It is believed that in about 3000 B.C., the Egyptian unit of length came into being. The Royal Egyptian Cubit was decreed to be equal to the length of the forearm from the bent elbow to the tip of the extended middle finger plus the width of the palm of the hand of ...
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