Timeline for Why don't we have parabolic ceilings with mirrors & a light at the focus?
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| Aug 15, 2019 at 5:19 | vote | accept | Allure | ||
| Aug 11, 2019 at 18:48 | answer | added | Spencer Joplin | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 15:45 | comment | added | alephzero | If this was done literally as described, the quality of the illumination would be very poor, because the only light source would be vertically downwards and for any activity using a horizontal surface, you would always be working in your own shadow. And as blacksmith37said, the parabolic ceiling would reflect sound as well as light! | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | I saw one in a modest size ( 1600 sq.ft.) home . I don't remember the light affect but I do remember the sound; the room was "loud" ( the floor was tile). | |
| S Aug 11, 2019 at 13:53 | history | suggested | Ray Butterworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
"roof" is exterior facing upward. "ceiling" is interior facing downward.
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 13:11 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | The bit about "one-way mirror" doesn't make sense. The question would be better if that sentence were removed. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 13:09 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 10:15 | comment | added | atom44 | Perhaps like the one at the Reichstag in Berlin (designed by Norman Foster) | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 5:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 5:49 | comment | added | Solar Mike | Perhaps cost would be a factor. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 5:47 | history | asked | Allure | CC BY-SA 4.0 |