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Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, frontal view
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, frontal view
7813 pieces: 1779 balls, 5074 rods, 960 squares (40.89 kg)
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, bottom oblique view
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, bottom oblique view
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, top oblique view
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, top oblique view
The dome is made of sixteen elements like this:
GEOMAG constructions: element of the main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, view 1
element of the main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, view 1
GEOMAG constructions: element of the main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, view 2
element of the main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, view 2
The design of the curved sections is explained in the page of Chapel 7. In the following picture thirteen elements are already in place; the curved sections continue with triangular prisms which raise to the top of the dome:
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, thirteen elements in place
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, thirteen elements in place
The structure on the floor made of red rods is just a visual aid for better aligning the elements.
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, inside view
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, inside view
Perhaps the blue, eight-rod segments could be removed once the elements were in place, but I preferred to stay in the safe side. The upper hexagonal antiprism of each element is attached by one ball to the one to its left, as viewed from the inside of the dome. Three rods have to be removed from the antiprism to make the joint possible. This detail view shows two such joints:
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, detail of the joint between elements
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, detail of the joint between elements
Finally, a top view of the dome before crowning it:
GEOMAG constructions: Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, top oblique view before crowning
Main dome of the Taj Mahal to scale 1:50, top oblique view before crowning