Geodesic dome Zeiss plant in Jena, Germany. A larger dome, called "The Wonder of Jena", opened to the public in July 1926. Some 20 years later, R. Buckminster Fuller named the dome "geodesic" from field experiments with artist Kenneth Snelson at Black Mountain College in 1948 and 1949. Although Fuller was not the original inventor, he is credited with the U.S. popularization of the idea for which he received U.S. patent 2,682,235 29 June 1954. The geodesic dome appealed to Fuller because it was extremely strong for its weight, its "omnitriangulated" surface provided an inherently stable structure, and because a sphere encloses
Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil washers and miners demonstrating the processes involved. The São Paulo state pavilion was designed by Ramos de Azevedo. Its commissioners were Carlos Botelho and Antonio Barros Barreto, and it covered about twenty thousand square feet. The Portugal pavilion building was provided by Brazil, designed by Francisco Isidro Monteiro, was inspired by the southern face of the Jerónimos Monastery. A military college on the site was converted to the industry pavilion for the expo (and afterwards was used by the 3rd infantry regiment). This permanent building built for the exhibition, and is now the . The Bangu textiles factory ("Fábrica de