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 1327
he exhibition of a light in case of repairs being required to any extentiu the main light room, which, as we have said, is immediately over it, and is sur-rounded by a balcony and circular stone parapet. The height from the floor to the topnf the cupola of the original lantern or light room was 17… … GLOSSARY. 13C7 of tho light room, which was entirely of stone, was thirty-one feet from the light roomfloor to the ball on the top of the spire. The fuel first used for the light was oak, afterwhich pit coal was introduced ; but in modern times lamps and reflectors have succeededtho last, and the…
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