BUCKMINSTER FULLER BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS BY FULLER
TABLE OF CONTENTS, PART C
Illustrations 261-372

TENSEGRITY GEODESIC DOMES
261 RBF in his Greenwich Village, NY, Studio with his 1st Tensegrity Model, a Mast & Wire Wheel (1927) 164
262 RBF Holding an Aspension Model, Wichita, KS, USA (1944) 165
263 RBF & Man Holding an Aspension Model on which a Young Boy is Standing, Wichita, KS, USA (1944) "
264 RBF Holding his First Tensegrity Mast Model, Black Mountain College, NC, USA (1949) "
265 RBF Holding Model of a Tensegrity Mast Built by Kenneth Snelson (1949) "
266 Full-Scale Tensegrity Mast, N. Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC, USA (1950) "
267 Full-Scale Tensegrity Mast, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA (1953) 166
268 Tensegrity Tetrahedron Model by Francesco della Sala at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (1952) 167
269 Tensegrity Octahedron Model by Ted Pope in Toronto, ON, Canada (1957) "
270 Tensegrity Icosahedron Model by RBF at Black Mountain College, NC, USA (1949) "
271 Tensegrity Vector Equilibrium Model by John Moelman at N. Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC, USA ('51) "
272 Tensegrity Tricontahedron Model by Lee Hogden at N. Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC, USA (1953) "
273 90-Strut Tensegrity Enenticontahedron Model Built at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (1953) 168
274 40'-diam, 90-Strut Tensegrity Built at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (1953) "
275 270-Strut Tensegrity Model Built at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA (1953) '
276 40'-diam, 270-Strut Tensegrity Hemisphere Built at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA (1953) "
277 Close-Up of Hollow Polyester Fiberglass 9'6" Struts of 40'-diam Tensegrity Dome, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, MN "
278 RBF Holding a Tensegrity Tetrahedron Model, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA (1958) 169
279 Model of 270-Strut, Unitary Components, Tensegrity Dome, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA (1959) "
280 Model of 270-Strut, Unitary Components, Tensegrity Dome, MOMA Exhibit, New York, NY, USA (1959) "
OCTET TRUSS
281 A Section of the 93'-Diam, 8.5 Ton, Aluminum Dome Over the Ford Rotunda Building (1953) 171
282 A Section of the 3-Way-Grid Octet Truss Used in the Dome of the Ford Rotunda 172
283 Octet Truss Models can be Fashioned from Flat Ribbons of Various Materials 173
284 Octet Truss Models can be Cohered in Various High Speed Ways "
285 Octet Truss Completed Model "
286 Octet Truss Hubs: Outside of Rhombic Dodecahedron Clevis Cluster "
287 Octet Truss Hub: Inside of Rhombic Dodecahedron Clevis Cluster "
288 Octet Truss Hubs: Rhombic Dodecahedron with Face-Mounted Studs Meant to Slip into Tubes "
289 Octet Truss Hubs: Male & Female Turbining Type "
290 Octet Truss Hubs: Typical Assembly of Rods & Turbine Hub "
291 Hubless Octet Truss Continuously Woven from Wire-Like Fencing Structures 173
292 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: Assembly of Typical Section 174
293 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: Completed Section "
294 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: Workman holding 2 Completed Sections by Himself "
295 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: Typical View of Roof Assembly Area "
296 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: Internal View of Completed Dome "
297 Ford Rotunda Dome Construction: External Night View of Completed Dome 175
MINOR INVENTIONS
298 22' Remountable Tubular Catamaran Rowing Shell (1947) 176
299 Circular Overhead-Trolleyed, Tensionally Supported Telephone, Wichita, KS, USA (1944) 178
300 Criss-Cross, Tensionally Supported Table, Wichita, KS, USA (1944) "
301 RBF's Chrome Steel Tubing Loveseat (Dec 1931) 179
302 RBF's Chrome Steel Tubing Spring Seat (Dec 1931) "
AUTONOMOUS DWELLING PACKAGES
303 Model Closed: 25'-Long, 8'-High, 8'-Wide, Legally-Permitted Road Trailer Package (1948) 180
304 1st Stage: Model Developed by RBF's Students at Institute of Design, Chicago, IL, USA 181
305 2nd Stage: Complete Inventory of Furniture & Household Apparatus Including Accessories "
306 3rd Stage: If Mass Assembled & Delivered Would Cost only 10% of Separately Acquired Method "
307 Fully Open: Bedroom, Living Room, Kitchen, 2 Baths = 928 sq ft "
GEODESIC DOME INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT
308 Unit of Wire Joins with Identical Components to Form a Triangulated Finite Convexity 182
309 31 Great Circle Strut Model by Students of Institute of Design, Chicago, IL, USA (1948) "
310 31 Great Circle Pan Model by Students of Institute of Design, Chicago, IL, USA (1948) "
311 31 Great Circle Venetian Blind Model of 48' Hemispheric Dome, Black Mountain College, NC, USA (07-48) "
312 31 Great Circle Necklace Dome of Hollow Tubes & Continuous Internal Cables in Folded State 183
313 31 Great Circle Necklace Hemispheric Dome Unfolding, Stage 1 "
314 31 Great Circle Necklace Hemispheric Dome Unfolding, Stage 2 "
315 31 Great Circle Necklace Hemispheric Dome Unfolding, Stage 3 "
316 31 Great Circle Necklace Dome Installed in Garden of Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA (Feb 1949) "
317 Uncovered 31 Great Circle Necklace Hemispheric Dome, Black Mountain College, NC, USA (Summer 1949) 184
318 Double-Skinned 31 Great Circle Necklace Hemispheric Dome, Black Mountain College, NC, USA (Summer '49) "
319 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Claims Page 185
320 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 1 & 2 "
321 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 3, 4, 5 & 6 "
322 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 7, 8 & 9 "
323 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 10, 11 & 12 "
324 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 13, 13a, 13b & 14 "
325 Fuller's 1954 Geodesic Dome Patent, Figures 15, 16, 17 & 18 "
326 First 50'-diam Tube & Skin Dome, Dec 1950 (Fuller Research Foundation, Montreal, PQ, Canada) 186
327 Skinned 50'-diam Tube & Skin Dome Erected in Snowy Canadian Field (Ted Pope Helped) "
328 Close-Up of Unskinned Dome Built by Jeffrey Lindsay & Don Richter, Montreal, PQ, Canada (1950) "
329 2-Frequency Tube & Skin Tent Dome for Arctic Institute Used on Baffin's Land, Labrador (1951) "
330 20'-diam, 16-Frequency, 3/4 Sphere, Welded Steel Wire Dome by RBF & D Richter, Lawrence, NY, USA (1951) 187
331 First Wood Strut Dome by Zane Yost, Mass Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (1951) "
332 First Wood & Plastic Dome by Jeffrey Lindsay, Montreal, PQ, Canada (1951) "
333 Automated Cotton Mill Dome Model with Octet Truss Floors by RBF & Students, N Carolina State College (1951) "
334 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Assembled in 1.5 hrs in Aspen, CO, USA (1952) 188
335 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Close-Up, Aspen, CO, USA (1952) "
336 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Covered with Plastic, Aspen, CO, USA (June 1953) "
337 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Being Reassembled in Woods Hole, MA, USA (July 1953) "
338 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Covered in Woods Hole, MA, USA (July 1953) "
339 36'-diam Dome by University of Minnesota Students, Night Shot in Woods Hole, MA, USA (July 1953) "
340 55'-diam Wood & Mylar hyperbolic Parabola Restaurant Owned by G Peterson, Woods Hole, MA, USA (1954) 189
341 1st 36'-diam Wood & Mylar Hemisphere by Students of University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA (March 1953) "
342 36'-diam "Growth House" by Students of N Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC, USA (1953) "
343 36'-diam Double-Skin "Growth House" Slid Upward to Activate 18" Accordion-Screen Ventilators (1953) "
344 Dome Built by Students of University of Michigan Architecture Department, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (1954) 190
345 Dome Built by Students of Washington University Architecture Department, St Louis, MO, USA (1954) "
346 Unmoving "Dynamic Dome" Designed to Admit Air While Warding off Rain, U Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA ('54) "
347 Moving "Dynamic Dome", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (1954) "
348 Dome for Marines by Architecture Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA (1954) 191
349 85'-diam Wood Strut, Polyester Fiberglass Skin Dome Barn by Jeffrey Lindsay, Montreal, PQ, Canada (1954) "
350 Test-Assembled 42'-diam 5/8 Sphere Pool Cover Dome, Aspen, CO, USA (1954) "
351 Installed 42'-diam 5/8 Sphere Pool Cover Dome, Aspen, CO, USA (1954) "
352 Model of a 167'diam Geodesic Dome for Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA (1955) 192
353 Aluminum Spitz Planetarium Co Dome for US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA (1957) "
354 114'-diam Pavilion Dome for Winthrop Rockefeller's Winrock Estate, Hot Springs, AK, USA (1956) 193
355 '56 Mid-Continent Jubilee 100' Pavilion, St Louis, MO; Now Skating Rink at Northland Shopping Center, Detroit, MI "
356 Model of Proposed Ovaloid Geodesic Hockey Rink for Andover Academy, Andover, MA, USA (1955) "
357 Students Sitting upon 10'diam "Playdome" in Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1957) "
SKYBREAK DWELLINGS GEODESIC DOMES
358 Exterior View of  "Skybreak Dwelling" Model for US Air Force (1949) 194
359 Interior View of "Skybreak Dwelling" Model for US Air Force (1949) "
360 Aerial View of Another Model Built at Black Mountain College, NC, USA (1949) "
361 Model of "Skybreak Dwelling" Built by Students of MIT for MOMA Exhibit, New York, NY, USA (1952) 195
362 Drawing #1 by John Rauma of "Skybreak Dwelling", Study by Students of MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA (1952) "
363 Drawing #2 by John Rauma of "Skybreak Dwelling", Study by Students of MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA (1952) "
FORD ROTUNDA GEODESIC DOME
364 Overview of Ford River Rouge Plant with Uncovered Rotunda in Foreground 196
365 Model of Assembly Operation on Rotunda Roof (1953) 197
366 RBF with Model of the Dome & its Octahedral Components (1953) "
367 Stresses Revealed by Polarized Plastic Model Made by Students of the Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA "
368 Dome Assembled from the Top Down Like a Rotating Umbrella (1953) "
369 Close-Up of Workmen Assembling Components while Standing on Temporary Bridge (1953) 198
370 Dome Completed 2 Days Before Deadline (April 1953) "
371 View from Beneath the Completed Dome after Installation of the Polyester Fiberglass Skin "
372 Life Magazine's 180-Degree Wide-Angle Lens Photograph "

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