C^e dBiffel Cofoer. 



By a. E. CRAWFORD. 



Abstract of Paper read in the Physical and Chemical 



Section. 



1. Height. 



THE most conspicuoas property of 

 height. Hence a glance at the 

 tallest buildings in the world should 

 are — 



the Eiffel Tower is its 

 heights of some of the 

 They 



be interesting. 



Washington Obelisk 

 Cologne Cathedral 

 Rouen Cathedral 

 Great Pyramid . 

 Strasburg Cathedral 

 St. Peter's, Rome 

 St. Paul's, London 

 Notre Dame, Paris 

 Monument, London 

 Eiffel Tower . 



Metres. 

 169 

 159 

 150 

 146 

 142 

 132 

 128 



m 



65 



300 



Yards. 

 183 

 172 

 162 

 158 

 154 

 144 

 139 

 72 

 71 

 325 



N.B. — To convert metres roughly to yards, add one- 

 twelfth : thus, 300 metres = (300 + 25) yards. 



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