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Boaz and Jachin are the detached black pillars shown on either side of the entrance steps. According to the Bible , Boaz ( Hebrew : בֹּעַז Bōʿaz ) and Jachin ( יָכִין Yāḵīn ) were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple , the first Temple in Jerusalem . [ 1 ]
The djed, an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic backbone of the god Osiris.. The djed, also djt (Ancient Egyptian: ḏd 𓊽, Coptic ϫⲱⲧ jōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) [1] is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion.
Its meaning has been given variously as: the name of an architect or donor (by [[Wilhelm Gesenius), "sons of Solomon" (by Heinrich Ewald), "in strength" (by Samuel Öttli) [15] "he (God) establisheth in strength" (by Otto Thenius, along with the other pillar), or "Owner/Lord of the strength" (by August Klostermann, along with the other pillar).
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member .
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The Pillars of Hercules [a] are the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern Pillar, Calpe Mons, is the Rock of Gibraltar . A corresponding North African peak not being predominant, the identity of the southern Pillar, Abila Mons, has been disputed throughout history, [ 1 ] with the two most likely ...
where the first term represents the load carried by the concrete and the second term represents the load carried by the steel. Because the yield strength of steel is an order of magnitude larger than that of concrete, a small addition of steel will greatly increase the strength of the column. [1]