Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 245
space. 193 182 CARPENTRY Fig. 254 shows another arrangement, providing for a lantern atthe center. There are a number of ribs A, twelve in number, in thefigure, all radiating from the center where there is a circular openingfor the lantern or cupola. In Fig. 255 is shown a section through adomical… … Fig. 254. Framing Plan for Dome Having Lantern at Center Pendentives. In the preceding paragraphs we have consideredthe subject of domical roofs covering buildings of circular plan, whichis the simplest possible case, but unfortunately not the most usualone. It very often happens that a domical…
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