The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 98
remely simplehut effective. This simulation ofnature is found only in the curve(if the tubes carrying the electri-cal conduits, which are approxi-mately catenaries. The catenaryis the curve which a flexible body,like a rope or chain, takes betweentwo points of support. The ringwhich holds the light… … cliaiiics must bo ohscrvtilnot only in truth, but in amanner apparent to theeye, in order to producea satisfactory artistic ef-fect. Iig. 3 contains a muchffreater amount of deco-ration in the form of nat-ural curves. .Ml of thelines are in excellent i)ro-l)ortion. and the spirit iswell carried out…
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