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Tooling of Domes:
"In regard to the blueprint–what you request is really difficult because, unlike the conventional architectural world, we do not make drawings for contractors to interpret in the field. What we do, is develop the mathematical information and schedule schematic controls for industrial production of dies, jigs, and tools, which latter will in turn produce the final parts. This is to say that the designer designs tools, the mechanics produce the tools, and the tools produce the end-product–tools often produce larger or more tools which later produce the end parts. It is here that the primary misunderstanding of industry, by the older world, occurs.
“In Italy, and elsewhere, we still see the artist, scientist, mechanic embracing all of these functions, turning out a beautiful end-product such as a racing automobile. His product can never be amplified beyond his own personal capacity, either in number of pieces produced nor in exquisiteness of production of the parts. It is when the tools are employed to produce dimensions and effects in the end-product, beyond the sensorial ability of the artist-”
