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    An elliptical dome, or an oval dome, is a dome whose bottom cross-section takes the form of an ellipse. Technically, an ellipsoidal dome has a circular...
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  • the dome is not included. If the inner diameter of a dome is not available, a footnote follows the structure's name. If a dome has an elliptical rather...
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    constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room. The pendentives, which are...
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    ellipsoidal dome. The Jameh Mosque of Yazd has an ellipsoidal dome. Beehive tomb Clochán Cloister vault Dome Ellipsoid Ellipsoidal coordinates Elliptical dome Geodesic...
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    semicircular, segmental, elliptical, or bulbous; and high profile, hemispherical, or flattened. Sometimes called "false" domes, corbel domes achieve their shape...
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    feet (18 by 25 m), and is reputed to be the largest, freestanding, elliptical dome in North America. The architectural style is Spanish Renaissance. It...
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    top of the dome is supported on elliptical ring of 16m x 8m at 29m level. A small elliptical paraboloid in-situ dome of 4m height and having a series...
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    Akshardham mandir has the largest constructed elliptical dome of a traditional stone mandir. There are four main domes within the mandir called Parabrahma, Aksharbrahma...
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    Richat Structure (category Geologic domes)
    deeply eroded, slightly elliptical dome with a diameter of 40 kilometres (25 mi). The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome ranges in age from Late Proterozoic...
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    to Mary. The elliptical dome of the crossing rests on four pendentives which are sculpted with images of the four evangelists. On the dome itself, are...
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    Ellipse (redirect from Elliptic)
    of a bicycle the main chainring may be elliptical, or an ovoid similar to an ellipse in form. Such elliptical gears may be used in mechanical equipment...
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    This is a list of Roman domes. The Romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of large...
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    floor plan flanked by two side and one rear square sections, with an elliptical dome in the centre. The fountains by the staircases leading to the palace...
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    shells are commonly semi-circular, semi-elliptical, pointed, or saucer shaped. The outer shell of a Persian dome reduces in thickness every 25 or 30 degrees...
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    Chicago Library It has a capacity of 3.5 million volumes under an elliptical dome. It was designed by Helmut Jahn. It was named after alumni Joe Mansueto...
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    Pisa Cathedral (category Church buildings with domes)
    arches, the alternating layers of black and white marble, and the elliptical dome, inspired by the Moors. The presence of two raised matronea in the...
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  • constructed, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome. 1550–1557 – Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, designed by Mimar Sinan...
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    between 1063 and 1118, includes a high elliptical dome at the crossing of its nave and transept. The marble dome was one of the first in Romanesque architecture...
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    factories of the Duke of Leuchtenberg. From above, it is covered by an elliptical dome on four pylons with images of the Order's coats of arms, stars and...
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    from the Ducal Palace, in central Modena, Italy. Its cupola forms an elliptical dome. A prior church near this site was razed in 1707–1708 to make space...
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    Baroque style, with a basilica plan with a nave, two aisles, and an elliptical dome. Basilica of San Salvatore a 4th–5th century church incorporating the...
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    and Baroque elliptical and oval plan domes were built over rectangular naves, using brick in Italy and stone in Spain. Later German oval domes in the Rococo...
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  • of the Nantucket series, a cosmic disturbance characterized by an elliptical dome of fire (called "The Event" in the series) transports the island of...
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    the circular dome of Halle au Blé in Paris and the elliptical dome of Royal Albert Hall in London. The practice of building rotating domes for housing...
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  • of bold cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns. palsa An elliptical dome-like permafrost mound containing alternating layers of ice lenses and...
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    also examined echoes in rooms using domes of different shapes, including the muffling effect of an elliptical dome from Heidelberg. In one section he explored...
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    2002-2008 period. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people. It has an elliptical dome in mixed brick-concrete construction, measuring 63 x 44.30 meters....
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    those in Sundance, Wyoming, encircle a dome. The Dakota Sandstone Hogback encircles the Black Hills, an elliptical dome spanning from northwestern South Dakota...
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    Sant'Andrea was the first church with an elliptical dome and the first step toward the Baroque world of elliptical forms. The interior space is vividly expressed...
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    Some of the noted features of the building are the 120 foot high elliptical dome, with a 5,000 sq. foot floor below, a grand staircase, columns and...
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