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Construct Panopt

The whole building
is a circular duodecagon or
polygon of 12 sides
and Diameter of the whole
72 foot

Width of each side
or division at the
outside 18 feet including
the thickness
of the partitions

In height the building
consists of three stories
1. Ground story
2. Middle Story
3. Roof or Upper
story

The Inspection
Lodge is in the
Center — The Ground
plan of it a polygon
similar to the
ground plan of the
whole: and in diameter
20 feet

The Central part
consists of stories
besides the Cistern
which crowns the Uppermost

1. The Ground floor
is a Store-Room
2. The 1st floor is
the Lodge
3. The second floor may
serve either for a Store-room
or for the infirm
&c. The 3d Floor for an infirmary.


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The whole
building may be
considered as divided
by the diameter
into two halves: in
the construction structure of
which there
are some differences

Right hand
half

The 1st Division
contains the entrance
together
with the Staircase
common to prisoners
and Inspectors and
Apartments from which
Prisoners are excluded.

The use of the
2d & 3d stories of
the central part
is principally to
give elevation to
the cistern: which
must be sufficient
to enable the water
to be conveyed in
case of fire in the
manner of a fountain
from the Inspectors
Lodge


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The ann Cellular
part ring
That general annular
passage

The cellular
ring is divided
into 12 divisions

Division the
1st contours the
Officers' apartment
or Official
house, and includes
the passage & Staircase
common
to Officers and
prisoners

Lodge to the highest
as well as remotest
part of the Building




Identifier: | JB/157/055/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 157.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

157

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

055

Info in main headings field

panopt construct panopticon expence

Image

003

Titles

the door / the school room

Category

rudiments sheet (brouillon)

Number of Pages

3

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

53425

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