The What, How, and why of Church Building1897 - Church architecture - 234 pages |
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... Seating , Furniture , Cushions , Carpets and Specialties 176 XIII MUSICAL . Organs and other Instruments ; Choirs , Orchestras , Bells , Clocks , Etc. 186 XIV ESTHETIC AND ARTISTIC . Memorials , Decorations , Stained Glass and Mosaics ...
... Seating , Furniture , Cushions , Carpets and Specialties 176 XIII MUSICAL . Organs and other Instruments ; Choirs , Orchestras , Bells , Clocks , Etc. 186 XIV ESTHETIC AND ARTISTIC . Memorials , Decorations , Stained Glass and Mosaics ...
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... seats , unobstructed sight and sound , warmth and ventilation , and for thorough lighting both by day and night , and the utilization of all modern conveniences . In our search for ecclesiastical feeling we now question the literal ...
... seats , unobstructed sight and sound , warmth and ventilation , and for thorough lighting both by day and night , and the utilization of all modern conveniences . In our search for ecclesiastical feeling we now question the literal ...
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... seating semi - circular in arrangement , or may be pulled out to the elliptic . On the centre of the one side facing the seats should be a platform for the speaker ; the seats should rise as they recede from the platform and will form ...
... seating semi - circular in arrangement , or may be pulled out to the elliptic . On the centre of the one side facing the seats should be a platform for the speaker ; the seats should rise as they recede from the platform and will form ...
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... seats level . Variations in the height of pulpit , platform or incline of floor are often fatal to perfect acoustics and must be duly considered and determined with the dimensions and proportions of room and other features . In ...
... seats level . Variations in the height of pulpit , platform or incline of floor are often fatal to perfect acoustics and must be duly considered and determined with the dimensions and proportions of room and other features . In ...
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... seats should squarely face all exercises of the speaker or choir . There is a magnetism in the eye , and an effect in pertinent gestures , combined with the mobility of the facial muscles , of which no speaker should be deprived and no ...
... seats should squarely face all exercises of the speaker or choir . There is a magnetism in the eye , and an effect in pertinent gestures , combined with the mobility of the facial muscles , of which no speaker should be deprived and no ...
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acoustics adapted advantage Akron architect architectural arrangement artistic ashlar auditorium beauty bells brick BROOKLYN building cast iron ceiling cement Chancel character choir Christian church edifice clerestory combination complete congregation connection considered construction contract contractor Cushions damages decorations desired determined doors Drapery glass ecclesiastical electric ELM PARK erected essen essential expense experience exterior EXTRADOS finish fixtures floor flues gallery glass Gothic art heat hence indicated interior iron light liquidated damages M. E. CHURCH MANITOWOC material matters ment metal methods modern church mortar necessary organ owner paint party perfect pews pipes placed plastering Plate possible practical principles proper properly proportion pulpit requirements roof seating secure selected slate space specifications stained glass stone Sunday School surface temperature Terra Cotta timber tion various ventilation walls warm wires wood worship York City
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Page 87 - When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model ; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection ; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at least desist To build at all...
Page 30 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you...
Page 28 - The basal principle of divine justice is that a man "is judged according to that which he hath and not according to that which he hath not.
Page 87 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish...
Page 140 - British thermal unit (BTU) is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. The Centigrade unit (CU) is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Centigrade.
Page 91 - ... to escape liability on the ground that he exercised ordinary care and skill to understand the same but failed to comprehend them.
Page 73 - ... the qualities and strength of materials used in such buildings, the weight of the structures, the relationship of the various operations to be performed by the many trades represented in building, and a knowledge of all other matters directly related to drawing plans and specifications.
Page 99 - The general principle is well settled, that to make one person responsible for the negligent or tortious act of another, the relation of principal and agent, or master and servant, must be shown to have existed at the time, and in respect to the transaction between the wrongdoer and the person sought to be charged.