Pregunta: ¿Cuánto pesaron las planchas de oro?

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Pregunta: ¿Cuánto pesaron las planchas de oro?

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The plates weighed approximately sixty pounds

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon were consistent in their witness that the plates weighed 40-60 pounds.

Some critics assume that the "golden plates" are pure gold, or that they are a solid block of gold. Neither conclusion is warranted.

  1. Pure gold plates would be too soft to hold engraving well. An alloy of gold and copper called "tumbaga," known in Mesoamerica, would suit both the appearance and weight of the plates.[1]
  2. The plates were not a solid block of gold, but a set of page-like leaves, which reduces the weight by about 50%.
  • "weighing altogether from forty to sixty lbs."[2] —Martin Harris

Declaraciones de los testigos sobre el peso de las planchas de oro

  • "con un peso en total cuarenta y sesenta libras." [3] —Martin Harris
  • "Se me permitió levantar ellos .... Ellos pesaron cerca de sesenta libras de acuerdo a lo mejor de mi juicio." [4] —William Smith
  • "Yo. . . los juzgó que pesaba unos sesenta libras." [5] —William Smith
  • "Eran mucho más pesado que una piedra, y mucho más pesado que la madera .... lo más cerca que pude ver, unos sesenta libras." [6] —William Smith
  • "Me levantó las planchas, y sabía de la influencia que eran de plomo o de oro." [7] —Martin Harris
  • "Mi hija me dijo, que estaban a punto tanto como ella podía levantar. Ahora estaban en la caja de cristal, y mi esposa dijo que eran muy pesados. Ambos ellos se levantaron." [8] —Martin Harris
  • "Les moví de un lado a otro sobre la mesa, ya que era necesario en hacer mi trabajo." [9] —Emma Smith
  • La hermana de José Catalina, mientras quitaba el polvo en la habitación donde había estado traduciendo, "sopesó esos platos [que estaban cubiertas con un paño] y los encontró muy pesado." [10] —H. S. Salisbury, parafraseando Catherine Smith Salisbury

Notas

  1. ↑ See Roy W. Doxey, "I Have A Question: What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?," Ensign (December 1986), 64.
  2. ↑ Martin Harris interview, Iowa State Register, August 1870, as quoted in Milton V. Backman Jr., Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 226.
  3. ↑ Martin Harris interview, Iowa State Register, August 1870, as quoted in Milton V. Backman Jr., Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 226.
  4. ↑ William Smith, William Smith on Mormonism (Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Steam, 1883), 12.
  5. ↑ William Smith interview with E. C. Briggs. Originally written by J. W. Peterson for Zions Ensign (Independence, Mo.); reprinted in Deseret Evening News, 20 January 1894, 11.
  6. ↑ William Smith interview, The Saints' Herald, 4 October 1884, 644.
  7. ↑ "Interview with Martin Harris," Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 169.
  8. ↑ Ibid., 168.
  9. ↑ Emma Smith interview, published as "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," The Saints' Herald, 1 October 1879.
  10. ↑ I. B. Bell interview with H. S. Salisbury (grandson of Catherine Smith Salisbury), Historical Department Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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