of Building Houses, Streets, Is'c. loi 



uniform design susceptible of great variety, beauty, and 

 grandeur J the interior forming one magnificent amphithe- 

 atre. 



That each house of the circle, touching only in a point, 

 would require no parly walls (Euclid, book iii. prop. 13), 

 yet would be more secure from fire, as engines, &c. could 

 reach a much greater surface of each edifice than in lines or 

 streets of square-formed houses. 



That each house would be belter lighted and ventilated 

 than in any other aTangement, and would have a better and 

 more extensive view and front, advantageous, to the trading 

 part of the community, and agreeable to all. 



That as the purpose for which men assemble in towns and 

 cities is social intercourse in business and pleasure, so of all 

 forms in which dwellings can be arranged for the purpose? 

 of society, that here pointed out is not only the strongest, 

 most commodious, oeconomical, and beautiful, but also the 

 least solitary ; each house being within sight and commu- 

 nication with every other of the circle, at the same time that 

 privacy and distinctness are sufficiently provided for. 



That a building or buildings around a circular court or 

 mews in the centre, may become the offices, stabling, &c. 

 of each house, and one common receptacle and sewer may 

 receive and carry off the filth from the drains of each 

 house, and these at a point the furthest distance from each, 

 the sewer running under the passage by which the court or 

 nievvs communicates with the exterior of the rotundo, so 

 to call this circular arrangement of houses ; while, on the 

 other hand, water may be supplied very ceconomicaliy cither 

 this way or externally to each house. 



Without entering minutely into the arrangement of cir- 

 cular houses in other forms, I shall merely mention, that, 

 with many of the foregoing advantages, ihev may be distribu- 

 ted in rows, streets, or squares, the angles of which would be 

 all rounded off, and the same of gateways, &c., and the 

 beauty of which may be easily imagined. 



Finally, this form is capable of universal application in 



the distribution of cities, with the Individuul and general 



G 3 advantages 



