GOLD PLATES CALCULATOR

B.H. Roberts Foundation
Dimensions
Length of Plates (in)
7.625
Width of Plates (in)
5.625
Height of Plates (in)
5.66
Plate Thickness (in)
0.018
Weight (lbs)
59.0
Properties
Gold %
12.5%
Ag: 1% · Cu: 85%
Sealed Portion (%)
33%
Void Between Plates (%)
57%
Sealed Portion Compaction Rate (%)
23%
Text
Translation Density
3.500
Text Size (mm) (Font Size: ~11.5pt)
4.000
Lost Pages (1000 chars)
200
This calculator allows you to test different assumptions about the physical characteristics of the gold plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. By varying factors such as dimensions, thickness, and material, you can evaluate various possible configurations. Hundreds of thousands of these configurations are both mathematically and physically consistent with witness statements and provide sufficient capacity for the Book of Mormon text. Additional information about "plate math" and combinatorics is available here.

Dimensions

Length7.6"
Width5.7"
Height5.6"
Total Plates219
Total Weight60.0 lbs

Text Fitting

Total English Characters~1,429,319
Translation density3.500
Ancient Characters / plate1,240
Writing plates117
Total Ancient Characters357,330
Total plates219
VALID CONFIGURATION
Text fits — auto-solved

Alloy

Gold14.0%
Silver1%
Copper85%
Alloy Density152.3 g/in³

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Hieratic
“Caractors”
(Characters Copied by John Whitmer, circa 1829–1831)