source file: m1398.txt Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:34:33 -0400 Subject: circumference / diameter = 3 From: "Jeude, James" Yes, this posting is a hoax. Also a hoax is the rumour that Indiana at one time attempted to legislate the same thing. And yes, the Chronicles (and book of Kings) do refer to the 30 cubits around and 10 cubits across. Please note, though, if the item were hexagonal, the diameter would be exactly 3.0000...this is perhaps the rendering anticipated. Also, the lip had a finite width -- perhaps the 30 cubits was the interior circumference and 10 cubits was the exterior diameter, making the lip 0.7 cubits thick. More likely, I think the scribes could neither measure nor write a phrase requiring fractional cubits. If only the musical instruments of the time were described in detail by the authors! I would love to know the structure and tunings. >