The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected.1959 May 23, “Notes and News: Oxford Road Station, Manchester”, in Railway Magazine, page 359:
Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:
The concourse is roofed with three conoids, ranging in width from 97 ft. 3 in. maximum to 41 ft. 6 in. minimum.1959 May 23, “Notes and News: Oxford Road Station, Manchester”, in Railway Magazine, page 359:
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis
A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.