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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Getting The Dome Straight
One of the loveliest aspects of house design is the dome and it is built with the aid of a long rod attached to a point in the center of the room which gradually measures the decreasing circle. There are no artificial supports in place.
Absolutely amazing. So the dome is built up slowly, slowly, slowy, inching the bricks just a little bit more inward than the ones below!? Man, I love this...one of the things that makes me feel a part of this millennia-long river of humanity. Not to say that ancient Mycenae had the first instances of this way of building a dome, but they jump to mind (and the presence of gold--if not other things, too--has made scholars think they already were trading with Egypt). Curious? Here's some info and a few snaps on an archaeology dedicated blog: http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/06/exploring-greece-ancient-past-delphi.html
Absolutely amazing. So the dome is built up slowly, slowly, slowy, inching the bricks just a little bit more inward than the ones below!? Man, I love this...one of the things that makes me feel a part of this millennia-long river of humanity. Not to say that ancient Mycenae had the first instances of this way of building a dome, but they jump to mind (and the presence of gold--if not other things, too--has made scholars think they already were trading with Egypt). Curious? Here's some info and a few snaps on an archaeology dedicated blog: http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/06/exploring-greece-ancient-past-delphi.html
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