tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post5416930905749745857..comments2024-03-28T15:55:33.435-07:00Comments on The Big Study: RHOLDRWYG: What was it for??, Part One.The Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-13605543998311516962012-04-25T19:02:55.585-07:002012-04-25T19:02:55.585-07:00Well folks, the owner of a few of those nice photo...Well folks, the owner of a few of those nice photos of Rollright has objected to this educational and non-profit use of thumbnails of the pictures. That's too bad but I will try to comply and use the technology of the site, if I can manage it, to remove them. This is only the second time that anyone has objected but it is their right and I'll honor that.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-85698965029620229122012-04-23T14:26:29.486-07:002012-04-23T14:26:29.486-07:00Maybe Hamish Fenton does indeed mind, especially w...Maybe Hamish Fenton does indeed mind, especially when you can't seem to be bothered to ask to use photographs.Hamish Fentonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/hamishfentonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-67358356313340474162012-03-23T15:47:54.472-07:002012-03-23T15:47:54.472-07:00This is correct. Pythagoras knew that you could us...This is correct. Pythagoras knew that you could use a single stick to create an equilateral triangle and therefore produce 60-degree angles. You can "walk" this triangle around within a circle of radius of the length of the stick and create a perfect hexagon within that circle. Already you've divided the circle perfectly into six points on the perimeter. You can see how you could continue to elaborate this by dividing the lines between the perimeter points in two and produce 12 perfect separations, etc etc. <br /><br />Or to put it another way: Pythagoras was a smart dude. Since, surprisingly, MANY of the ancients believed that HE studied with the Druids, maybe this should not really shock us.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-22121851194195325282012-03-23T13:37:25.010-07:002012-03-23T13:37:25.010-07:00The 60 is very significant, because it is possible...The 60 is very significant, because it is possible to divide a circle into 60 equal sectors by geometrical construction alone (don't ask me how, I only a maths professor). So if there were 60 original stones, the makers might have been aiming at an exact subdivision of a circle into 60 sectors of 6 degrees each. Why? Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com