The Architectural magazine . ull effect: nevertheless, it so utterly disclaims all pretensionto originality, that it can hardly be received as an example of thepresent state of architectural talent in France, unless taste andtalent are to be regarded as identical; whereas it is the test ofsuperior ability to be able to transpose the beauties of ancientarchitecture into other forms, retaining all its spirit, while mani-festing it differently. Rigorous criticism might further object,that the exterior is too much of a mere mask; that there is nooutward indication whatever of there being domes wit
The Architectural magazine . ull effect: nevertheless, it so utterly disclaims all pretensionto originality, that it can hardly be received as an example of thepresent state of architectural talent in France, unless taste andtalent are to be regarded as identical; whereas it is the test ofsuperior ability to be able to transpose the beauties of ancientarchitecture into other forms, retaining all its spirit, while mani-festing it differently. Rigorous criticism might further object,that the exterior is too much of a mere mask; that there is nooutward indication whatever of there being domes within; and aslittle to designate to the eye at all, that die building is a RomanCatholic church. It is true, Schinkel has concealed the domeover the rotunda, in the Museum at Berlin, by screen walls; yetthe kind of attic which he has thus formed above the centre ofthe edifice serves, independently of its effect in the composition,to indicate greater loftiness in that part of the interior. F i 72 CwjOiirs Patent Sash Aht. V. CoiveUs Patent Sash Suspender. By John Reynolds. Having myself proved the utility of CoweHs patent sash sus-pender, ] feel somewhat competentto speak as to its merits. Thisinvention completely supersedesthe necessity of servants or work-men getting outside of windows,either to clean, paint, or repair; adesideratum, I think, all will gladlywelcome; particularly as the nu-merous accidents and loss of lifefrom window-cleaning alone haveof late been very appalling; itbeing calculated that upwards oftwo hundred persons have losttheir lives by this practice withinthe last twenty years. The mechanism is so simple, thata child may manage it: the onlydifference is, that the line, insteadof being nailed to the sash, issecured in a socket provided with a hook. To this is fitted aplate, or eye, which is let into the sash, so that it can be attached or detached in an instant, and with thegreatest ease. When I reflect on the yearsthat have rolled by, the lives t
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