. The Architectural magazine. seexternal lateral excrescences, which, to call buttresses, would beto profane the term ; and what other name to give them I knownot: the section will show the form of the ceiling behind thecolumns. Behind the columns, at the sides or transepts, aregalleries, which communicate with the rooms on the upper floorthat are next the portico in Wall Street, as the winding stairs inthe large piers are not intended for the public. These galleriesare supported by iron trusses, as shown in the section, (fg- 223.)Another section, showing the mode of forming the level ceilings
. The Architectural magazine. seexternal lateral excrescences, which, to call buttresses, would beto profane the term ; and what other name to give them I knownot: the section will show the form of the ceiling behind thecolumns. Behind the columns, at the sides or transepts, aregalleries, which communicate with the rooms on the upper floorthat are next the portico in Wall Street, as the winding stairs inthe large piers are not intended for the public. These galleriesare supported by iron trusses, as shown in the section, (fg- 223.)Another section, showing the mode of forming the level ceilingsover the large rooms next Pine Street, will be sent at somefuture time, and will form a communication by itself, as themethod is entirely unknown here; and, if it be known in Lon-don, it is not practised ; at least, so far as it has come undermy observation, or else the Bishopgate bressummer wouldnot have made the noise it did in the Mechanic s Magazine,in 1830. M M 4 532 Desctipfioji, t^c, of the C/tstom-f louse, Nfjc Cyclopean Coffagc. 533 The mode which I proposed of warming and ventilating thebuilding has been set aside: there is now to be a stove in thecellars for every room that is to be warmed, and ventilation isleft to chance. New York, March 14. 1835. Art. II. Perspective View and Ground Plan of a Cyclopean by William Wells, Esq., and erected on his Estate atRedleaf in Kent, as a Residence for an Under-Gardener. The term Cyclopean, as here used, applies only to the lowerpart of the walls of the cottage {Jig. 230.), which are formed ofirregular blocks of sandstone, without the slightest indication
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