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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.
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
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.
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panopt construct panopticon expence |
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the door / the school room |
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rudiments sheet (brouillon) |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]] |
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