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 652
e segments of circles, whose ci litres are not ! , marked in the figure ; and which, if continued, would s- ^^^ meet at top, and form a pointed arch. Aliove the dome rises a lantern of Portlandstone, about 21 feet in diameter, and 64 feet high, standing on the cone. The whole of thisconstruction is… … G^I THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. POOK II. 2050. Tlie largest timber roof perhaps ever projected, was over a riding liouse at Moscow,in 1790, for Paul I. Emperor of Russia, ilie representation of which may be seen in KiaHt,liecueil Je Charpente. The span is 2155 feet, and the slope witii tlie liorizon…
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