Word: dome
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...balcony is placed, and cylindrical above the balcony to an additional height of 10 feet. Within this tower which is 21 feet in diameter, rises a heavy masonry pier where an equatorial telescope of 12 inches aperture will be placed. The tower is covered by a revolving copper dome containing a wide slit which can be turned to any part of the heavens. The main building, situated at the east end of the tower, is 43x27, and 25 feet high. The roof is flat and is reached by a stair case which leads also to the tower. The building contains...
...right of the centre stands the tower of Memorial Hall, and by its side the belfry of the old Unitarian church in the square. At the right at a gap between the trees rises the roof of Holyoke House and at the extreme left, furthest away, the dome of the observatory peeps through the tree tops. The etching taken as a whole preserves the spirit of Harvard life much more than as if it were teeming with familiar scenes, and at the same time gives a suggestive touch of Cambridge itself. Aside, however, from its preeminent interest to Harvard...
...Coliseum, showing its construction and the recent excavations, the Aqueducts, the Arch of Constantions, the Aqueducts, the Arch of Constantine, a view from the Capital looking back over the Forum, the Via Sacra, several views of the Tiber, and, last of all, St. Peter's, showing the dome in all its beauty...
...roof of the new Memorial Library at Yale has been completed, and work is now advancing rapidly on the interior. The decorations will be extremely handsome, especially in the great reading room. The ceiling which rises in the shape of a dome will be beautifully ornamented. A tablet in memory of the founder will be inserted over the immense open fire-place. There will be a memorial window of stained glass. The Memorial Library will be connected with the present library and when the whole system is completed each section will be devoted to a special department of literature...
...exterior of the library will be in essentially modern style. A dome will rise from the centre of the roof above the reading room. In accordance with the terms of the gift, Yale is bound to erect two other similar structures, and the college ought to well provided with libraries when all are completed. The three buildings will together have a capacity of nearly one million volumes...