Compass (architecture)

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A compass window

In carpentry, architecture, and shipbuilding, a compass is a curved circular form.[1] A compass plane is a plane that is convex, length-ways, on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. A compass saw is a narrow-bladed saw that cuts a curve. A compass timber is a curved (or crooked) timber, sometimes used in shipbuilding.[citation needed] A compass brick is a curved brick.[2] A compass wall is a curved wall. A compass window is a circular bay window (or oriel window).[3]

A surveyor's compass (or circumferentor) is a measuring instrument used in surveying horizontal angles.

References

  1. ^ Dell Upton (1997). Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Colonial Virginia. Yale University Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-300-06565-7.
  2. ^ W.A. Radford. Radford's brick houses. Рипол Классик. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-5-87292-530-9.
  3. ^ Sturgis, Russell. "Compass" "Sturgis' illustrated dictionary of architecture and building: an unabridged reprint of the 1901-2 edition". Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1989. Print.