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  2. Schmidt–Pechan prism - Wikipedia

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    These prisms are commonly used in binoculars as an image erecting system. The Schmidt–Pechan prism makes use of a roof prism section (from the German: "Dachkante", lit. roof edge). Binoculars designs using Schmidt–Pechan prisms can be constructed more compactly than ones using Porro or Uppendahl roof and Abbe–Koenig roof prisms.

  3. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    This was used to prevent roof uplift. [13] The vaulted viga roof is another type of structural system using vigas, using parapets on the two side and eaves on the ends. The roof is left exposed on the interior and latillas are placed parallel with others in a diagonal pattern. [14]

  4. Glamour photography - Wikipedia

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    These sometimes include boudoir portraits but are more commonly used by professionals and high school seniors who want to look their best for their portraits. As photography has become widely adopted through the use of smartphones, glamour photography has become a popular type of content featured on social media, particularly on Instagram.

  5. Dougong - Wikipedia

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    Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang dynasty Dougong brackets on an Eastern Han (25–220 CE) era architectural model of a watchtower A stone-carved relief above a cave entrance of the Yungang Grottoes (Shanxi province) showing an imitation of dougong brackets, Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 CE) Stone pillars made in imitation of wooden ...

  6. King post - Wikipedia

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    The king post is the central, vertical member of the truss. Crown posts in the nave roof at Old Romney church, Kent, England. A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above from the beam below).

  7. Purlin - Wikipedia

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    The purlins are the large beams perpendicular to the rafters; from this shot, it appears that there are three purlins on either side of the roof. The sheathing boards are sometimes called the roof deck and are painted white. A purlin (or historically purline, purloyne, purling, perling) is a longitudinal, horizontal, structural member in a roof.

  8. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    Section view through a house roof drawing showing names for parts of the structure. [clarification needed] (UK and Australia). Ctrs. means centers, a typical line to which carpenters layout framing. Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. [1]

  9. Lamella (structure) - Wikipedia

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    This roof style was designed by Zollinger to satisfy urban expansion needs, where material costs made new construction cost-prohibitive, but existing buildings couldn't support additional stories by adding further masonry walls and high-pitch trusses [2]. The vault system comprises short structural members interwoven across a curved surface in ...