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The Difference between the Dimensions of St. Peter ’j Church atRome, and St. PaulV in London,
N. B. The Proportion of the Roman Palm to theEn^\Q\Foot is as 732 is to 1000.1000=732. 914=5=669,048, and so of the res, ut infra.
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St. Peter’s.
2.
3 *
St. Paul’s.
Excess of St.Jeter’s aboveSt. Paul’s.
-
Roman
Palms.
English Feet.
Fraction of a ! English Feet,Foot. I
Difference ofFeet.
Long within
9 H
669
00
rj-
0
5 °°
169
Broad at the Entrance
310
226
920
100
126
Front without
540
395
280
180
215
Broad at the Cross
604
442
128
223
219
Cupola Clear
1904
*39
629
108
031
Cupola and Lantern high
59 1
432
612
33 °
102
Church high
200
146
404
110
036
Pillars in the Front
125
091
1 500
040
° 5 I
Critical Re- " The grand Cathedral of St. Paul’s (says an ingenious Writer) is un-Z7 °{Pf- " doubtedly one of the most magnificent modern Buildings in Europe ; allings in Lon- " the Parts of which it is composed are superlatively beautiful and noble ;don, />. 17, cc the North and South Fronts in particular are very perfect Pieces of Archi-, 734 - tc tecture, neither ought the East to go without due Applause. The two" Spires at the West-end are .'in a finished Taste ; and the Portico with the
" Ascent, and the Dome that rises in the Centre of the whole, afford a
" very august and surprizing Prospect.”— N. B. The critical Objections of this
Author, subsequent to this his general Character of St. Paul's delivered withCandour and Modesty, are chiefly anfwer’d in the above Section VI. Part Ihhl Ed tc The Parts (fays a judicious Traveller) of the Front of that most admbWright “ ^ble Fabrick of St. Peter s in Pome are certainly very beautiful, grand,
w.i,/ , .2o6. " and noble, the Pillars being nine Feet in Diameter; but the whole is ter*
Lond. 1730. f( m inated by a strait Line at Top, which (without any Prejudice in favont" of my own Country) I cannpt think has so good an Effect as the agreeabk“ Variety, which Is given by the Turrets at each End, and the Pediment“ rising in the Middle of the Front of St. Paul’s.
A List of Drawings, relating to the Architecture of the cathedral Churchof St. Paul.
A Plan of the old Gothick Cathedral, with the Chapter-house, &c. in 11large Scale, on Veil urn, used by the Surveyor for adjusting the proposed R e 'pairs, before the great Fire, Anno 1666.
P ' 98. A Plan of Part of the old Cathedral reformed ; together with the Plan,
. thography, and Section of a Dome, Lantern and Spire, contrived to ha v |jbeen erected in the Place of the old, ruinous, middle Tower, as presents