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Upon this data, the expence of the house and. offices, asshown in NO. VII, will be as under :
Length of house, SO feet,-) - , - nn n n
Width of ditto, 40 feet, C The contents 60,000 feet, at 6 d. £• 1500
Height of ditto, 30 feet, j
The offices, I SO
breadth, 20
height, 20
ditto lower part, 60
breadth, 1 4
height, 12
72,000"]
1,080
}> cubic feet, at 5 4
73,080 J
1522 10 0
Total price of house and offices, M. 3022 10 O
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS REGARDING BUILDINGS OF ANAGRICULTURAL DESCRIPTION.
In all buildings where economy is studied, and the objectis to inclose the space required, with the least quantity ofwalls, roofing, See. it should be understood, that although acircle contains most space, within the smallest possible inclo-sure, yet, with few exceptions, it is the least adapted forsubdivision, and the most expensive in execution, and thata square and parallelogram will be found the least expen-sive and most commodious for all purposes.
The square form contains more space, within the same ex-tent of walls, than the parallelogram, and this difference in-creases, in proportion as the length exceeds the breadth; thus,a space of forty feet square contains sixteen hundred feet, andrequires one hundred and sixty feet of wall to inclose it;while a space of eighty feet by twenty has the same contents,tut requires two hundred feet of walls. In all buildings,