Word: kingpost
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tensegrity mast is an ideal, lightweight kingpost from which to sling hovering floors or soaring ceilings. The octet truss can be extended in any of twelve directions, used whenever a light and inexpensive space frame is needed to span great distances. "Right now," says Bucky, "the truss and mast together could be made to bridge the Grand Canyon...
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