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  2. Geodesic dome - Wikipedia

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    A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure ... Beginning in 1954, the U.S. Marines experimented with helicopter-deliverable geodesic domes. A 30-foot ...

  3. Dome Sweet Dome - AOL

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    In 1954, Buckminster Fuller received the U.S. patent for the geodesic dome, a hemi-spherical structure built on a frame of interlocking polygons. (Picture living inside of a giant soccer ball, and ...

  4. ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome - Wikipedia

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    The geodesic dome was designed by Thomas C. Howard, the owner of Synergetics, Inc., in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thomas C. Howard designed many other geodesic domes, such as Climatron Conservatory at Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Union Tank Car Company dome (now demolished) in Baton Rouge, LA, and Poliedro de Caracas in Venezuela.

  5. Geodetic airframe - Wikipedia

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    A section of the rear fuselage from a Vickers Warwick showing the geodetic construction in duralumin. On exhibit at the Armstrong & Aviation Museum at Bamburgh Castle.. A geodetic airframe is a type of construction for the airframes of aircraft developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s (who sometimes spelt it "geodesic").

  6. A rare geodesic dome home for sale near Adel is ready to ...

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    A $479,000 house for sale close to Adel is a rare example of a residential property built around a very unusual geodesic dome. Where: 28534 Prospect Ave., Adel Asking price: $479,000

  7. Category:Geodesic domes - Wikipedia

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  8. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station - Wikipedia

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    The station was moved in 1975 to the newly constructed Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome 160 feet (50 m) wide by 52 feet (16 m) high, with 46 by 79 feet (14 m × 24 m) steel archways. One served as the entry to the dome and it had a transverse arch that contained modular buildings for the station's maintenance, fuel bladders, power plant, snow ...

  9. Radome - Wikipedia

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    A radome (a portmanteau of "radar" and "dome") is a structural, weatherproof enclosure that protects a radar antenna. [1] The radome is constructed of material transparent to radio waves.