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Legend Of The Cubic Stone.
LEGEND OF THE CUBIC STONE .
( With a Plate . ) AT the building of the Temple in Jerusalem , a short time before , an unexpected end afflicting event occurred , which threw the Masons engaged in the work into the greatest consternation and confusion . The G . M . | H . A . I had sent to certain F . C . ' s thirteen stones , and directed that with these they should complete a small Square near the Cape-stone , being the onl portion of the fabric which remained unfinishedEvery stone
y . of the TEMPLE was formed into a Square containing five EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES , each equilateral triangle being equal to a Cubs , and each side and base of the Triangles being equal to a Plumb-Line . The space , therefore , which remained to be completed was the last Triangle of the last stone , and equal to the eighth part of the Plumb-Line , or s of the Circle , and - ^ of the Triangle , which number is in Hebrew ,-p or the great Name of the Almihty .
g The thirteen stones consisted of all the fragments which remained from the building , and comprised two Cubes in two divisions . In the first was contained one Cube in an entire piece , and in the second a Cube in 12 parts : viz . 4 ^ parts in one piece ; 2 parts in 4 pieces ; 1 part in 1 piece ; and ^ part in 6 pieces : total 12 pieces . The F . C . ' s perceiving that they could finish the Snuare with the
frasrments in the second Cube , REJECTED the first , and observing that the exterior of the stone was marked with certain lines : viz . an Isosceles Triangle bisected—three lines : —the edge of the Cube being the base : — two Squares diagonally bisected , and each having a perpendicular line to the centre—six lines : —two straight lines at right angles : —and a Square diagonally bisected—two lines : total thirteen lines—or five surfaces of the CUBE . Seeing these lines , the Masons thought the stone
was split , and , therefore , useless . It was then thrown aside , and one of their number in contempt struck the Cube a violent blow with a wooden mallet ( no iron tool having been allowed in the building of the Temple ) ; the Cube instantl y divided into 12 parts , the second of which bore the same relation to the first , that the third did to the second , and the fourth to the third : being the arithmetical progression of 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . The parts were \ of the Cube in one piece ; \ of the Cube divided into
f , an ( l TIT j i : ° f the Cube divided into two Hexahedrons , and two Triangles equal to one Hexahedron ; and \ of the Cube divided into 4 Pentahedrons . Upon the 4 pieces they discovered a number of Hieroglyphics , which , to those Masons who could read them , proved that these characters were in the handwriting of the G . M . himself , coupled with an inscription to the following effect .
THE GREAT PROBLEM . Required to construct the Temple , Roof , Pinnacles , and Porch , with a Step and Door , from 1 of a Cube , to consist of 12 parts , each part bearing a proportional relation to the Cube , the Building , and to each other . Required from i of a Cube , and - ^ of a Cube , to construct the Porch of Pillars , the Lintel , and posterior Pillars of the Temple . Required from £ of the Cube in § to construct the rests for the wall , the pillar bases , and the steps .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Legend Of The Cubic Stone.
LEGEND OF THE CUBIC STONE .
( With a Plate . ) AT the building of the Temple in Jerusalem , a short time before , an unexpected end afflicting event occurred , which threw the Masons engaged in the work into the greatest consternation and confusion . The G . M . | H . A . I had sent to certain F . C . ' s thirteen stones , and directed that with these they should complete a small Square near the Cape-stone , being the onl portion of the fabric which remained unfinishedEvery stone
y . of the TEMPLE was formed into a Square containing five EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES , each equilateral triangle being equal to a Cubs , and each side and base of the Triangles being equal to a Plumb-Line . The space , therefore , which remained to be completed was the last Triangle of the last stone , and equal to the eighth part of the Plumb-Line , or s of the Circle , and - ^ of the Triangle , which number is in Hebrew ,-p or the great Name of the Almihty .
g The thirteen stones consisted of all the fragments which remained from the building , and comprised two Cubes in two divisions . In the first was contained one Cube in an entire piece , and in the second a Cube in 12 parts : viz . 4 ^ parts in one piece ; 2 parts in 4 pieces ; 1 part in 1 piece ; and ^ part in 6 pieces : total 12 pieces . The F . C . ' s perceiving that they could finish the Snuare with the
frasrments in the second Cube , REJECTED the first , and observing that the exterior of the stone was marked with certain lines : viz . an Isosceles Triangle bisected—three lines : —the edge of the Cube being the base : — two Squares diagonally bisected , and each having a perpendicular line to the centre—six lines : —two straight lines at right angles : —and a Square diagonally bisected—two lines : total thirteen lines—or five surfaces of the CUBE . Seeing these lines , the Masons thought the stone
was split , and , therefore , useless . It was then thrown aside , and one of their number in contempt struck the Cube a violent blow with a wooden mallet ( no iron tool having been allowed in the building of the Temple ) ; the Cube instantl y divided into 12 parts , the second of which bore the same relation to the first , that the third did to the second , and the fourth to the third : being the arithmetical progression of 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . The parts were \ of the Cube in one piece ; \ of the Cube divided into
f , an ( l TIT j i : ° f the Cube divided into two Hexahedrons , and two Triangles equal to one Hexahedron ; and \ of the Cube divided into 4 Pentahedrons . Upon the 4 pieces they discovered a number of Hieroglyphics , which , to those Masons who could read them , proved that these characters were in the handwriting of the G . M . himself , coupled with an inscription to the following effect .
THE GREAT PROBLEM . Required to construct the Temple , Roof , Pinnacles , and Porch , with a Step and Door , from 1 of a Cube , to consist of 12 parts , each part bearing a proportional relation to the Cube , the Building , and to each other . Required from i of a Cube , and - ^ of a Cube , to construct the Porch of Pillars , the Lintel , and posterior Pillars of the Temple . Required from £ of the Cube in § to construct the rests for the wall , the pillar bases , and the steps .