An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1091
of head which lie must often make for the busimss ofthe scene, when that which was o))posite might become lateral ; and thus those personssitting in tlie o|)posite boxes would be 92 -75 (cet — 17 feet beyond the reach of his voice. 2966. The use of a semicircle without modification would, however,… … Chap. V. THEATRES. 1071 ■which the voice can reach; the one, he says, being (iudcpcnJentiy of Ihe spacebeliind the back of the spealcer) a superficies of 11,38-5 feet, and the other of 40013.This, he thinks, will compensate for the absorption of sound consequent on the numbei*of the audience, the…
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