Compass (architecture)

A compass window

In carpentry, architecture, and shipbuilding, a compass is a curve (or bent) 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.[2] A compass brick is a curved brick.[3] A compass wall is a curved wall. A compass window is a circular bay window (or oriel window).[4]

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. ↑ Robert A. Church (2008). Depletion of the Sylvan Sea: Seventeenth-century English Shipbuilding. Lulu.com. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-4276-3701-7.
  3. ↑ W.A. Radford. Radford's brick houses. Рипол Классик. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-5-87292-530-9.
  4. ↑ Sturgis, Russell. "Compass" "Sturgis' illustrated dictionary of architecture and building: an unabridged reprint of the 1901-2 edition". Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1989. Print.


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