Ngo-1906, ingcwaba lomzobi wamandulo wase-Egypt Kha yafunyaniswa isemgangathweni kufutshane neNtlambo yooKumkani. Ingcwaba lavelisa izinto ezininzi ezaziza kusetyenziswa ngumakhi, kubandakanya imitha yeerubhi kunye nesixhobo sokulinganisa esifana nesikwere sangoku. Kodwa ingcwaba lalinemfihlakalo: Into emileyo engaqhelekanga, eyenziwe ngomthi engenasiciko kunye nesiciko esixhonyiweyo esididayo ngabembi bezinto zakudala malunga nomsebenzi waso.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-100, into engaqhelekanga ibhalwe njengelityala ekunokwenzeka ukuba lalikhe labamba esinye isixhobo sokulinganisa okanye isikali sokulinganisa. Kodwa ngoku ugqirha wamachiza wase-Italiya ucebise ukuba ayisiyonyani leyo kwaphela. Endaweni yoko, ukholelwa ukuba ngumzekelo wokuqala wehlabathi weprotractor.
UAmelia Sparavigna yintshatsheli kwi ITurin Polytechnic . Ngokusekwe kumanani afakwe kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo yomphezulu wento yase-Egypt, uSparavigna ukholelwa ukuba ngekhe kwasetyenziselwa ukumisela ukuthambeka kweengile ezithile. Amanani afana nekhampasi ephakame, kunye neepalali ezili-16 ezilinganayo ezijikelezwe ngumbono wesetyhula kunye neembombo ezingama-36. Xa icala elithe tye lale nto libekwe ekoneni, uSparavigna ukholelwa ukuba umtya olinganisiweyo uya kubonisa utyekelo lwayo kucofe lokujikeleza.
Into esiyaziyo ngama-Egypt yongeza enye into kwi-Sparavigna's theory. Iqhezu leshumi elinesithandathu lisetyenziswa kwinkqubo yokubala ama-Egypt ayenolwazi ngayo. AmaYiputa nawo aqaphela amaqela eenkwenkwezi angama-36 abizwa ngokuba zii-decans, awathi kamva asetyenziselwa ukwenza isiseko seewotshi yeenkwenkwezi. Ukusuka koku, uSparavigna wayekholelwa ukuba into leyo yayiyiprosesa enezikali ezibini, enye isekwe kumaqhezu ase-Egypt, kwaye enye isekwe kwisigqibo.
Nangona kunjalo, apho imbali yase-Egypt ibonelela ngenkxaso kwi-Sparavigna, ikwabonelela ngesikhalazo. UKate Spence , Ingcali kuyilo lwase-Egypt e KwiYunivesithi yaseCambridge ikholelwa ukuba into ayiyonto eyodlula imeko yokuhombisa. Enye yezona zinto zinomdla malunga nama-Egypt yayikukuchaneka kwezibalo kulwakhiwo lwabo. Izixhobo zokulinganisa ezisetyenziswa ngamaYiputa zinomzekelo wokuchaneka ngokungummangaliso. Into evela kwingcwaba likaKha? Hayi okuninzi. Ngokuka Spence inani lemifanekiso eqingqiweyo aliphantse lichane ngokuchanekileyo njengoko beliya kuba kwizixhobo eziqhelekileyo zase-Egypt.
Asinakuze sazi ngokuchanekileyo ukuba yayisetyenziselwa ntoni into engaqhelekanga, kodwa nokuba ama-Egypt ayila okanye ayiprosesa iprosesa yokuqala, akusathandabuzeki ukuba bahexa kwimathematika, kwaye into leyo isebenza njengobungqina ku Kha kunye nobukrelekrele bayili baseYiputa.
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