A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 304
he excessof weight would make it nearly as expensiveas wrought iron. The commission, therefore,recommended that both kinds be used, each inthe place for wliich it was best fitted, and thisrecommendation was adopted. The dome wascompleted in 1812. Its interior diameter is128.8 feet, and it is formed… … Iron Construction : Three Forms of Columns enclosed by Fire-proofing OF Terra-cotta Blocks. A, Z-bar column ; £, a special form composed of four quadrantal bars uf iron ;C, channel-beam column. at the base, and three panels are cut out of theribs leaving narrow inner and outer ribs, con-nected by…
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