Title & Author:

The Dome builder's handbook / edited by John Prenis.

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, ©1973.

Description:

107 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-101).
The theory / John Prenis -- Why domes? -- An introduction to domes -- Models -- Dome design -- The practice -- My process (discovering relationships through domes, a tube frame dome, tensegrities, a great circle dome, a tension dome) / Pete Hjersman -- A smple 2V tent dome (a small easy to make portable wood frame dome with a plastic skin) / John Prenis -- A tube frame dome (a 4V vinyl-skinned dome; an interesting new vent opening) / Ed Cooley -- Spherical dome membranes (tips on the fabrication of dome skins from canvas or plastic) / Carey Smoot -- A 3V canvas skinned dome (a temporary dome of 2 x 2's with strapped plastic hubs) / Steve Ervin -- A 3V plastic-draped dome (a frame of salvaged lumber covered with a big plastic sheet; building and sealing a plywood dome) / D. Scott Sims -- The 16 foot personal dome (very complete details of a 4V triacon plywood dome covered with cedar shingles) / Jim Bohlen, Russ Chernoff -- A three quarter sphere (a 3V 3/4 strapped hub plywood dome with angled support posts and a canvas-resin waterproofing system) / Lonny Brown -- Our 2V triacon dome (a strapped hub plywood dome: how to install plexiglass windows and use silicone caulk) / Kathe Welles -- How to put up a dome singlehanded (erecting a ply hub dome unassisted; some hassles to avoid) / Fred Barger -- Better domes and gardens (thoughts on interior design and decoration) / Andrew Ralph -- Thoughts, ideas, and dreams of domes (a circus tent dome; ideas for twin domes with a connecting solar collector) / W.E. Wright -- Zomes -- Great Lakes zome (an experimental plywood zome) / Dave Mielke -- Domes and zomes (cardboard models, greenhouse domes and zomes; experimental verification of Bernoulli's principle) / Doug Lais -- Ferro-cement domes (low cost ferro-cement structures) / Thad matras -- Big foot foam-imagination and reality (some thoughts on man and nature and technology) / Bob Schuler -- Polyurethane foams and dome structures (answers to some commonly asked questions about foam) / Gary Allen -- Dome 7072 (an experimental cardboard dome) / Don Butler -- My building career (some remarks on the building of several domes and geometric structures; building permits [United States]; words to the wise) / Stan Vandenbark -- Chord factors -- Manufacturer's page.

Summary:

This book is for people who want to build their own domes. It's also for those who are interested in domes and want to learn more about them.

ISBN:

0914294350 (lib. bdg.)
9780914294351 (lib. bdg.)
0914294032 (pbk.)
9780914294030 (pbk.)

Subject:

Domes Design and construction.
Geodesic domes.
Dômes Guides, manuels, etc.
Geodetische koepels.
Constructie.
Domes

Added entries:

Prenis, John.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271486
Call No.: BIB 204646
Status: Available