Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 184
lcut out from the dome a circle, which will appear in plan as thouohit were inscribed in the square formed by the walls of the build-inof. Such a circle is shown at I J K L in Fig;. 213. A domel)uilt up with this circle as a base would not cover the corners ofthe building, so that the triangular… … Fig. 214. Pendentives. We have seen that a dome built up on the circumscribedcircle as a base is too large, while a dome built upcui the inscribedcircle is too small and will not completely cover the building. Toovercome this difficulty it is customary to erect a dome on thesmaller or inscribed…
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