. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. point or pointof view. Acoustics. (Gr. Akovoo, to hear.) Tire doctrine or theory of sounds, as applicable tobuildings. See Theatres, book iii., chap, v., and Chukches in the same book. is one presenting great difficulty. The statements of various professors, and ;icomparison of buildings themselves, have been collected in a work by Mr. T. It was stated by Professor Lewis, at a lecture given in 186i-65, that in con-sulting one of
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. point or pointof view. Acoustics. (Gr. Akovoo, to hear.) Tire doctrine or theory of sounds, as applicable tobuildings. See Theatres, book iii., chap, v., and Chukches in the same book. is one presenting great difficulty. The statements of various professors, and ;icomparison of buildings themselves, have been collected in a work by Mr. T. It was stated by Professor Lewis, at a lecture given in 186i-65, that in con-sulting one of the most eminent Scottish philosophers respecting the plan for a church,the reply was, that in his opinion the principle adopted would most probably answer ;but he added that he had studied acoustics probably as much as any man, and theconclusion he arrived at was that in applying theory to actual practice he knew nothingabout it, and he believed nobody else knew more. Acropolis. (Gr. A/cpos and HoAis, city.) The upper town or citadel of a Grecian city,usually the site of the original settlement, and chosen by the colonists for its natural. f^r tr^. x ?-T
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