C45 TMEOllY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book TI.

'208'). In coved ceilings, tlie coves meeting at an angle are of differeiit brcadtlis, and the
j)l,in of the nngle is a curve to construct the l)rackets. Let
A BC
{fill.
729. ) represent the angle formed by the walls of the
room, and let
Hclcfff
be the plan of the bracket in the angle
of a curvilinear form. Draw HM, and thereon describe the
bracket HOPQ intended for that side, and in the curve HOQ
take any number of points NOP, and draw the lines NR, OS,
PT perjjcndicular to AB, cutting it in the points R, S, T.
lA't ]\IQ he the height of the bracket, and draw QA perpendi-
cular to BA, and through the points NOPQ. draw the straight
lines N</, Oe,
Vf,
cutting HM at IKLIM. Draw /im perpendi-
cular to BC. Make hr, hs, ht, ha respectively equal to Hll,
IIS, HT, HA, and draw rn, so, tp, aq perpendicular to BC
;
also from the points
defy
draw the lines dn, eo,
fp, gq,
and
through the points hnnpq draw a curve, which will form the
other bracket re<juired.
2087. Whether brnckets occur in external or internal angles,
tlie method of describing them is the same, and when the
brackets from the two adjacent walls have the same ])rojection,
one of them inust be given to find the angle bracket. When
the brackets from these walls have unequal but given projections,
then the form of one of the brackets must be given in form to
find tlie angle bracket.
20S8. To form a bracket
for
a moulded cornice. On the draw-
ing of such cornice, draw straight lines, so as to leave sufficient
thickness for the lath and plaster, which should in no case be
less than three-fourths of an inch. Thus the general form of
the bracketing will be obtained.
'iOS9. We have, in a foregone page, mentioned a method of constructing
rii)s in thicknesses. We here present to
the reader two designs for dome-framing,
wherein there is a cavity of framed work
i)et\veen the inner and outer domes
;
with
moderate spans, however, simple framing
is all that is re(]uired. Fig. 730. A is a
design for a domical roof. B exhibits the
method of framing the curb for it to
stand upon, the section of the curb being
shown upon
fig.
A. The design here
given is nearly the same as that used for
the dome of the Pantheon in Oxford
Street, which was destroyed by fire. C is
another design for a domical roof, which is
narrow at the bottom part of the framing,
for the purpose of gaining room within
the dome.
PENDENTIVES.
2090. If a hemisphere, or other portion
of a sphere, be intersected
{fig.
731.) by
domes with
F-g. 7.11.
cylindriMl or cylindroidal arches, vaults
(1(1 are formed, which are called pendentives.
The termination of these at top will be
a circle, whereon may
be placed a dome,
or an upright drum story, which, if ne-
cessary, may be terminated by a dome.
Pie. 730