 | 1852 - 446 páginas
...globe. An entrance is effected through the Antarctic sea, which leads him to four tiers of galleries, rising one above the other, to the top of the building. The great panorama or map of the world is here spread out before him, and the effect is extremely striking... | |
 | 1852 - 460 páginas
...globe. An entrance is effected through the Antarctic sea, which leads nim to four tiers of galleries, rising one above the other, to the top of the building. The great panorama or map of the world is here spread out before him, and the effect is extremely striking... | |
 | 1852 - 450 páginas
...globe. An entrance is effected through the AntarctTc sea which leads him to four tiers of galleries, rising one above the other to the top of the building. The great panorama or map of the world is here spread out before him, and the effect is extremely striking... | |
 | 1868 - 776 páginas
...from which, on the different floors, the rooms and offices will be entered. This hall will contain the main stairway, surrounded by a series of arches,...carved capitals rising one above the other to the top _of the building. The light is received from the ceiling, through an ample skylight, the whole height... | |
 | 1868 - 490 páginas
...floors, the rooms and offices will be entered. This hall will contain the main stairway, surrounded by * series of arches, forming on each landing an arcade...the hall from the first floor to the skylight being 50 feet. On the first floor are to be recitation rooms, division and study rooms for mathematical and... | |
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... of the globe. This corridor is very appropriately decorated, and is embellished with maps of different countries ; but, to obtain a view of the earth, the visitor must pass through the crust of the globe. An entrance is effected through the Antarctic... 