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The light table is conceived of and assembled as a series of layered pieces, each locking the previous one in place. A maple frame, finger-jointed at the corners, is rimmed by a wider walnut base (1) which supports the panel housing the electrical components. The panel itself is laminated create grooves (2), thus allowing the wires from the fluorescent tubes (3) to run concealed to their corresponding ballast (4) and then to return to the other side of the tubes, completing the circuit. These channels are sealed when the panel is placed within the frame. A dividing arm of maple (5) rests in a trough cut into the panel, and bears both the walnut lid for the ballast storage box and the sandblasted glass. Wedged walnut insets (6) provide gaps within the frame that permit the glass to be easily removed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture and Urban Studies

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture and Urban Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Wellman, Elizabeth A.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Egger, Dayton Eugene

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Kilper, Dennis J.
• Carlisle, Barbara L.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53390

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53390