Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 99
ngefrom the inclined lifts to enter other elevators that ascend vertically tothe higher stages of the tower. On the third storey, 900 feet above theground, there is a saloon more than 50 feet square, completelyshut in by glass, whence a vast panorama may be contemplated.Above this again are… … Fig. 26^.—The Eiffel Tower. 76 IRON IN AR CHITE CTURE. light has been seen from the Cathedral at Orleans, a distance of about70 miles. The buildings of the Paris Exhibition of 1889 are themselves splendidexamples, not only of engineering skill, but of good taste and elegantdesign in iron structures…
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