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In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome -shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.
Cupolas also occur on tracked, armored vehicless, where they serve as protected observation posts.
Metallurgistss use the name cupola to refer to a cylindrical shaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals (usually iron) before casting.
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 Cupola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome -shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
If one can reach the cupola by climbing a stairway inside the building, one can refer to this type of accessible cupola as a belvedere or as a widow's walk.
Cupola of St Peter's Basilica, Rome, at the apex of the main dome, from inside
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 Encyclopedia: Cupola (geometry)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
pentagonal cupolae all count among the The Elongated square gyrobicupola, a Johnson solid A Johnson solid is a convex polyhedron each face of which is a regular polygon, which is not a Platonic solid, Archimedean solid, prism or antiprism.
prism might be considered a "cupola" of degree 2 (the cupola of a line segment and a square).
However, cupolae of higher-degree polygons may be constructed with A polygon (from the Greek poly, for many, and gonos, for angle) is a closed planar path composed of a finite number of sequential straight line segments.
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 Cupola (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a cupola is the turret of a armoured fighting vehicle
a cupola is a part of a blast furnace
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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If one can reach the cupola by climbing a stairway inside the building, one can refer to this type of accessible cupola as a belvedere or as a widow's walk.Some cupolas, called lanterns, have small windows which illuminate the areas below.
Cupolas also occur on tracked, armoredvehicles, where they serve as protected observation posts.
Metallurgists use the name cupola to refer to a cylindricalshaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals (usually iron)before casting.
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 Cupola -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In some cases, the entire main roof of a tower or spire can form a single cupola.
More frequently, however, the cupola comprises a smaller structure which sits on top of the main roof.
If one can reach the cupola by climbing a (A way of access consisting of a set of steps) stairway inside the building, one can refer to this type of accessible cupola as a (A gazebo sited to command a fine view) belvedere or as a widow's walk.
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 Encyclopedia: Francis Petre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Picton and Alternative meanings at Dunedin (disambiguation) Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago.
Style: Romanesque with Italianate For other uses, see cupola (disambiguation) Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
cupola and A campanile (pronounced cam-pa-nee-lay) is, especially in Italy, a free-standing bell-tower (Italian campana, bell) adjacent to a church or cathedral.
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:''For other uses, see cupola (disambiguation).'' Image:square_cupola.png thumbright128pxThe [[square cupola with regular faces]] In geometry, a '''cupola''' is a solid formed by joining two polygon s, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of triangle s and rectangle s.
The triangular cupola triangular, square cupola square, and pentagonal cupola pentagonal cupolae all count among the Johnson solid s, and can be formed by taking sections of the cuboctahedron, rhombicuboctahedron, and rhombicosidodecahedron, respectively.
The above-mentioned three polyhedra are the only non-trivial cupolae with regular faces: The " hexagon al cupola" is a plane figure, and the triangle triangular prism (geometry) prism might be considered a "cupola" of degree 2 (the cupola of a line segment and a square).
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 Cupola (geometry) Definition / Cupola (geometry) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In geometry, a cupola is a solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of triangles and rectangles In geometry, a rectangle is a defined as a quadrilateral polygon in which all four angles are right angles.
A rectangle that is not a square is colloquially known as an oblong....
The triangular, square, and pentagonal In geometry, the Pentagonal cupola is one of the Johnson solids (J5).
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 Encyclopedia: Cupola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps.
Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from the Italian (literally fair view), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view.
Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome from the inside By T F Letocha, from http://www.
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 wiki/Cupola Definition / wiki/Cupola Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome A dome is a common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Domes do not have to be perfectly spherical in cross-section, however; it is sufficient that they simply be curved surfaces.
Categories : Architectural elements This is a collection of terms that can be used to describe the physical parts of buildings but not terms for buildings as a whole (e.g.
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 Cupola | TutorGig.co.uk Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In architecture, a 'cupola ' consists of a dome -shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
Sotto il cielo della cupola: Il coro di Santa Maria del Fiore dal Rina..
Filippo Brunelleschi: The Cupola of Santa Maria Del Fiore (Studies in..
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 Brunelleschi Florence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Above all Brunelleschi is remembered as an architect whoestablished new classic canons of serene rhythms, clear geometry, and symmetry, often using the simplest materials: gray pietra serena and whitewashed plaster.
His career centered from 1409 onwards on the construction of the Duomo, and especially on the famous problem of the "cupola", asthe dome is generally called, which attracted his engineering bent.
His design, which offered to build the cupola in spirallingcourses of brickwork forming two light shells, without a framework of scaffolding, won the competition in 1418, and in 1423 he was put in complete charge of the Duomo's buildingworks.
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 Tank - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Even post war, the M60 MBT had a smaller secondary turret for the commander's cupola.
However, a couple of French tanks such as the AMX-30 and AMX-40 carry a coaxial 20 mm cannon, which has a high rate of fire and can destroy lightly armoured vehicles.
Additionally, many tanks carry a roof-mounted or commander's cupola machine gun for local defence or limited anti-aircraft effect.
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 Wikinfo | Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
After the conquest of Jerusalem by Arab armies, parts of the city soon took on a Muslim aspect.
In 688 the Caliph Abd al-Malik built the Dome of the Rock ; in 728 the cupola over the Aḳṣa mosque was erected, the same being restored in 758 - 775 by Al-Mahdi.
In 831 Al-Ma'mun restored the Dome of the Rock and built the octagonal wall.
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 Cupola Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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façade, flanked by two towers with For other uses, see cupola (disambiguation) Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
The crossing is surmounted by a dome, and the extremity of the north Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram.
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 All about Cupola (geometry) - RecipeLand.com Reference library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In geometry, a cupola is a solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of triangles and rectangles.
The triangular, square, and pentagonal cupolae all count among the Johnson solids, and can be formed by taking sections of the cuboctahedron, rhombicuboctahedron, and rhombicosidodecahedron, respectively.
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 cupola - OneLook Dictionary Search
CUPOLA : Roofing Terms [ home, info ]
Phrases that include cupola : elongated cupola, elongated square cupola, gyroelongated cupola, pentagonal cupola, square cupola, more...
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 Build A Cupola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The modern lowercase letter a derives from Greek handwriting, which evolved from a form similar to the current capital to acircular shape with a projection by the 4th century.
For other uses, see cupola(disambiguation) Cupola of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome -shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome,often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
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The Pantheon in Rome, originally built in the 2nd century as a temple to all the Roman gods, has been used as a Christian churchsince the 7th century.
Its front with columns and its large cupola served as the model for the other Pantheonsbuilt beginning with the Renaissance.
The Panthéon in Paris, an 18th century building today used as a burial place for famous French people.
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Most tanks retained at least one hull machine gun.
However, a couple of French tanks such as the AMX-30 and AMX-40 carry a coaxial 20 mm cannon that has a high rate of fire and can destroy lightly armoured vehicles.
Additionally, many tanks carry a roof-mounted or commander's cupola machine gun for close-in ground or limited air defence.
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msg:NPOV :"For alternate uses see Jerusalem (disambiguation) " "Jerusalem" ( Hebrew : "ירושלים" "Yerushalayim", Arabic : "القدس" "al-Quds") is an ancient Middle East ern city ( 31°47'N, 35°13'E) of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
We recognise no sovereignty over the city." :"Jerusalem has a unique religious and cultural importance for Christians, Jews and Muslims, and we attach great importance to ensuring access to Jerusalem and freedom of worship there for those of all faiths."
In 688 the Caliph Abd al-Malik built the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, also known as Noble Sanctuary ; in 728 the cupola over the Aḳṣa mosque was erected, the same being restored in 758 - 775 by Al-Mahdi.
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The cupola is a furnace used for melting steel scrap, cast iron scrap, and ferroalloys to produce cast iron.
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The second story and cupola date from the 1850s, when the building was converted into a public school.
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