Urna in the Octant [=Z] [=X] [=Y]
Moles „ „ [=Z] X [=Y]
Plebs „ „ [=Z] X Y
Frenum „ „ [=Z] [=X] Y
Uncus „ „ Z [=X] Y
Pallor „ „ Z X Y
Bidens „ „ Z X [=Y]
Ostrum „ „ Z [=X] [=Y]
The names used for the cubes, as they are before us, are as follows:--
THIRD BLOCK.
Third { Arcus Mala Ovis Mala Portio Mala
Floor. { Laurus Mala Tigris Mala Segmen Mala
{ Axis Mala Troja Mala Aries Mala
Second { Postis Mala Clipeus Mala Tabula Mala
Floor. { Orcus Mala Lacerta Mala Testudo Mala
{ Verbum Mala Luctus Mala Anguis Mala
First { Telum Mala Nepos Mala Angusta Mala
Floor. { Polus Mala Penates Mala Vulcan Mala
{ Cervix Mala Securis Mala Vinculum Mala
SECOND BLOCK.
Third { Ara Mala Vomer Mala Pluma Mala
Floor. { Praeda Mala Sacerdos Mala Hydra Mala
{ Cortex Mala Mica Mala Flagellum Mala
Second { Pilum Mala Glans Mala Colus Mala
Floor. { Ocrea Mala Tessera Mala Domitor Mala
{ Cardo Mala Cudo Mala Malleus Mala
First { Agmen Mala Lacus Mala Arvus Mala
Floor. { Crates Mala Cura Mala Limen Mala
{ Thyrsus Mala Vitta Mala Sceptrum Mala
FIRST BLOCK.
Third { Mars Mala Merces Mala Tyro Mala
Floor. { Spicula Mala Mora Mala Oliva Mala
{ Comes Mala Tibicen Mala Vestis Mala
Second { Ala Mala Cortis Mala Aer Mala
Floor. { Uncus Mala Pallor Mala Tergum Mala
{ Ostrum Mala Bidens Mala Scena Mala
First { Sector Mala Hama Mala Remus Mala
Floor. { Frenum Mala Plebs Mala Sypho Mala
{ Urna Mala Moles Mala Saltus Mala
Their colours can be found by reference to the Models 1, 9, 2, which
correspond respectively to the First, Second, and Third Blocks. Thus,
Urna Mala is Gold; Moles, Orange; Saltus, Fawn; Thyrsus, Stone; Cervix,
Silver. The cubes whose colours are not shown in the Models, are Pallor
Mala, Tessera Mala, and Lacerta Mala, which are equivalent to the
interiors of the Model cubes, and are respectively Light-buff, Wooden,
and Sage-green. These 81 cubes are the cubic sides and sections of the
tessaracts of an 81 tessaractic Set, which measures three inches in
every direction. We suppose it to pass through our space. Let us call
the positive unknown direction Ana (_i.e._, +W) and the negative unknown
direction Kata (-W). Then, as the whole tessaract moves Kata at the rate
of an inch a minute, we see first the First Block of 27 cubes for one
minute, then the Second, and lastly the Third, each lasting one minute.
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