 | John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 стор.
...&c. are iron, of which about 300 tons are used. The floor of the rotunda is composed of 4000 pieces of inlaid woods, in the form of a mariner's compass, within a border of Greek fret; in the centre is the City shield, anchor, &c. ; the dagger-blade in the arms being a piece of a mulberry-tree... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1859 - 522 стор.
...&c., are iron, of which about 300 tons are used. The lloor of the rotunda is composed of 4000 pieces of inlaid woods, in the form of a mariner's compass, within a border of Greek fret. In the centre is the City shield, anchor, &c. ; the dagger blade in the arms being a piece of a mulberry-tree... | |
 | Frederick Gosman - 1884 - 194 стор.
...sea in London is conducted. The two exterior sides are each 112 feet long, the entrance is 109feet high. The floor of the rotunda is composed of inlaid...wood, comprising ebony, oak, wainscot, white holly, mabogany, elm, walnut; and mulberry. Admission may be had to the galleries. but not to the ground floor,... | |
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GO feet in diameter, covered by a glazed dome, 74 feet from the floor. This circular hall has three tiers of projecting galleries running round it ; the stancheons, galleries, ribs of dome, &c. are iron, of which about 300 tons are used. The floor of... 