This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...impressions to the soul; and how efficaciously, is convincingly proved by her ceremonies, her pictures, statuary, and by 168 RELIGION EMPLOYS SCIENCE AND ART. the erection, ornaments, and even in the very repairs of those venerable piles, those glorious cathedrals, which she only, knows how to erect to the worship of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...impressions to the soul; and how efficaciously, is convincingly proved by her ceremonies, her pictures, statuary, and by 168 RELIGION EMPLOYS SCIENCE AND ART. the erection, ornaments, and even in the very repairs of those venerable piles, those glorious cathedrals, which she only, knows how to erect to the worship of the Omnipotent. A remarkable exemplification is adduced in the great Cardinal Wiseman's lecture on "The Points of Contact between Science and Art;" and as it refers to the dome of the very Basilica under which the council of which this volume treats is sitting, I shall present it to my readers. "Although," said the cardinal, "the architect, Michael Angelo, had taken the greatest precaution for the security of the dome, yet in 1681 numerous cracks appeared in various directions through the cupola. Marble dovetails placed across the crack broke with alarming rapidity, and it was feared that in a few years the whole dome might fall in. Various remedies were suggested by architects; but the Pope, Benedict the Fourteenth, wisely observed that this was not the business of art, but of science. A commission of three eminent mathematicians--Boscovich, Le Sueur, and Jacquier--was appointed to examine the case. In 1742 they issued their report, showing by their calculations that the weight of the entire dome, with its lantern, came to 55,248 tons, and that there was a balance of 1,674 tons on the side of pressure against support; concluding with the remark, 'that irreparable ruin must be apprehended unless a timely and efficient remedy were applied.' The remedy they proposed was entirely scientific--to put six more solid iron RELIGION SUBSIDIZES TASTE. 169 girders round the huge periphery of 430 feet. No time was lost. In 1743 two...
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