WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Spire Star with Rhombic Pyramids

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number
8
tilt 1
tilt 2
base size
stellate
rhombic
show pole
pole diameter
This Demonstration was inspired by a spire star composed of
4×10
equal rhombic pyramids packed along horizontal small circles on a sphere at the top of the reformed church in Kálvin Square, Budapest, Hungary, designed by Vince Hild and József Hofrichter, built 1816-30. Its spire was completed in 1859.