 The whispering gallery in St. Paul's, London, is a great curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly...  Sound and Its Phenomena - Page 309by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and H just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which vititers enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 938 pages
...It is 140 yards in circumference, and и just beluw the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. Л stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by nli ich visiters enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Astronomy - 1844 - 370 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 344 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | Natural philosophy - 1850 - 94 pages
...: it is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat arc covered with matting,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's literature - 1852 - 372 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 832 pages
...curiosity. It is 140 yards in circumference, and is just below the dome, which is 430 feet in circumference. A stone seat runs round the gallery along the front of the wall. On the side directly opposite the door by which visitors enter, several yards of the seat are covered with matting,... | |
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