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Proposal for an iron tower: 300 metres in height

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2005

Claudette Roland
Affiliation:
PO Box 24035, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAcroland1@gte.net
Patrick Weidman
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0427, USAweidman@colorado.edu
Editors’ note:At the translators’ suggestion, Eiffel’s text and illustrations have been printed as closely as possible to the original format and layout.

Abstract

In this previously untranslated text, Gustave Eiffel explains the technical rationale of his then controversial tower and argues persuasively for its practical uses and cultural value to Paris.

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Copyright
2004 Cambridge University Press

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