A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 612
ible examples of this tyjie is the StatueHall — the old chamber of the House of Rep-resentatives— in the Capitol at Washington.The ceiling of this is a very considerable por-tion of the surface of a sphere whose centre isnear the floor. Standing at the centre of thissphere, one can hear his own… … WHITE For any position of tlie s])ealier there is a cor-responilinj; point at whicli the wliisper is mureor less aci-urutely tocussed. Tlie ceiling, [jaintedso that it appears deej>ly panelled, is smooth.Had the ceilinj, been panelled, the reflectionwould liave been irregular and the ettect…
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