EIFFEL TOWER The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for the Universal Exposition celebrating the centenary of the French revolution. The Prince of Wales‚ later King Edward VII of England opened the tower‚ which had been chosen from 700 proposals submitted in a design competition. (1) The contractor was Gustave Eiffel & Cie The engineers Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier The architect Stephen Sauvestre Studies began 1884 Construction took place between 1887 - 1889 (2 years‚ 2 months
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most people try to build a tower it usually falls over. Have you ever imagined a tower that leans completely on its own. Yes without falling over. I am talking about the Leaning Tower of Pisa‚ located in Pisa‚ Italy. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is an amazing landmark because of its beautiful construction‚ interesting history‚ the monuments and the location of it. You may also walk the two hundred and ninety seven steps in the tower to the top.The construction of the tower is absolutely beautiful. The
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EIFFEL TOWER (La tour eiffel) (http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower ) CODE: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST PASSIVE PRESENT PASSIVE SIMPLE FUTURE SIMPLE PAST PREDICATE ADJECTIVE SIMPLE PERFECT TENSE Eiffel Tower was constructed to remember the anniversary of the French Revolution and to show France’s industrial power to the world. It is located at the Champ de Mars in the 7th arrondissement (Midwest Paris). The French often call
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The Eiffel Tower By: Quinque Williams Mr. Harris 5th Period September 30th‚ 2011 1889 World Exhibition The Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition in 1889‚ held in celebration of the French Revolution in 1789. It took 2 years‚ 2 months and 5 days to complete the tower and it was inaugurated on 31 March‚ 1889 and was open to public from the 6th of May. Gustave designed a 984 foot open lattice‚ wrought iron tower that mesmerized people around the world for its aesthetic
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the Tower of London held many positions and underwent numerous renovations over the centuries to mold it in to what it is today. As a result of one of the most important events in European history the site of the Tower of London was determined by buildings along the Roman wall that were built by the Normans’ during the Norman Conquest in 1066. (Impey and Parnell 12). After William the conqueror took the thrown in 1066 he immediately started building using the Roman city wall as the eastern
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CITIC TOWER II: THE REAL OPTION CASE STUDY SUMMARY Scenario * Undeveloped prime waterfront property on Victoria Harbor was bought 6 months ago at public auction * Owner now wants to sell the land and is available to Citic Pacific Limited on a first-choice basis through an intermediary * Larry Yung (Chairman) thought they could acquire the site and turn it into another Grade-A office building “Citic Tower II” * Asking price of the land was $1 billion * Net present value of property
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Abstract Throughout the popsicle stick tower crane projects‚ groups were instructed to build a tower crane replica out of popsicle sticks‚ with the purpose of holding the most weight in a competition between their peers’ tower cranes. The Insane Cranes focused on making a very sturdy base‚ and a flexible yet strong jib. Their crane held 2‚600 grams and places second in their class-wide competition. They found that the hardest part of the project was the research about and the assembly of the jib
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EVIL TWINS Evil twins is a commonly used phrase to describe a situation in which two Elements‚ of the same name‚ are created in two different versions of the same directory element. Evil twins are often created when two people add the same file to source control at the same time.clearcase allows this to happen because the element is actually referenced internally by its object id(OID) and not its name. Ex: DIR1@@/main/1 = => foo.c added DIR1@@/main/2 = => foo.c rmnamed DIR1@@/main/3
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to Eiffel Tower 3 History of Eiffel Tower 5 Construction & Function Advantage of the Structure Disadvantages of the Structure 14 Conclusion 16 Introduction Nothing like it had ever been built like the Eiffel Tower. It is a 984-foot (300-meter) tower of wrought iron and open-lattice. The Eiffel Tower was the tallest
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Icon of the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is one of the most attracted architectural icons in the world. This structure was not meant to be permanent‚ in fact it was only intended to be a temporary exhibit. The tower was built with exquisite arch features made out of iron that was admired for its pleasing symmetry. The statistics behind the Eiffel tower are intriguing. The Eiffel Tower achieved the historical record for being the world’s tallest building up until 1931. The Tower was also used as a
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