. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. hose numbers multiplied to-;ether will be 10368, and itsoot 101 feet 8 inches, orhereabouts: divide this roomiito five windows, each win-low will have 20 feet 4 inches uperficial light, and the mag- ^ •*• ^? * litude will be near or equal to Vf:. .;. he others, and if the proportion be 6, 4, and 3, and coved, tbe light is tbe same. 2752. There is, says the author, rather perhaps simply, but one objection to thisule to make it universal for all kinds
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. hose numbers multiplied to-;ether will be 10368, and itsoot 101 feet 8 inches, orhereabouts: divide this roomiito five windows, each win-low will have 20 feet 4 inches uperficial light, and the mag- ^ •*• ^? * litude will be near or equal to Vf:. .;. he others, and if the proportion be 6, 4, and 3, and coved, tbe light is tbe same. 2752. There is, says the author, rather perhaps simply, but one objection to thisule to make it universal for all kinds of proportioned rooms on the same floor, and thats, the square root doth not always happen to be exact enough for to make them alike; butus the variation will be so small, it may be made use of; and if tbe area something exceedshe standard of the principal room, tbat room may be converted to a use which requiresnore than standard light, and the necessities of families sometimes require it. 13ut, how-ver, the rule will serve for the purpose near enough for any practice. ... _- ?.iiiiik / iiiiii ^£_ LL 1l m l__ ._ V !?>: ••. i)l3 PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE. Book III. 2753. If you extend the rule to larger rooms, the same methods will be preservedwen if the height be continued through two stories, if the upper windows be made square
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