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HISTORY OF ENGINEERING.

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The Bourse at Paris , erected from the designs of M. Brogniart, and completed byM. Labarre, is a fine model for an exchange, where the public business of a large com-

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Fig. 305. PLAN OF BOURSE.

mercial city is to be carried on. The external character is that of a Greek temple, havingfourteen columns at each end, and twenty at the sides. In the middle is a covered court,

ELEVATION OF BOURSE.

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where the merchants congregate, and around are a variety of apartments devoted to theirespecial use: on the floor above, the several tribunals connected with commerce are held.The roof is of iron, ingeniously contrived to support the skylight of the great court.There is throughout great simplicity in the arrangements, and beauty of proportion inthe architecture, with a sufficient quantity of decoration.