﻿ROTATION 
  OF 
  PILLARS. 
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  Besides 
  these, 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  pillar 
  in 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  

   the 
  compound 
  W 
  of 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner's 
  bungalow 
  1 
  , 
  which 
  was 
  

   oriented 
  N 
  25 
  W, 
  and 
  twisted 
  positively 
  io°. 
  

  

  AtTezpur, 
  a 
  small 
  iron 
  safe, 
  standing 
  on 
  a 
  four-legged 
  stool 
  in 
  the 
  

   corner 
  of 
  a 
  room 
  in 
  Surgeon-Major 
  Macnamara's 
  house, 
  was 
  turned 
  

   negatively 
  through 
  about 
  40 
  ; 
  a 
  despatch 
  box 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  similar 
  

   stool 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  was 
  also 
  twisted 
  negatively 
  

   through 
  nearly 
  go°. 
  In 
  both 
  cases 
  the 
  stool 
  turned 
  with 
  the 
  safe 
  

   or 
  box 
  resting 
  on 
  it, 
  and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  judged, 
  almost 
  on 
  

   its 
  axis. 
  A 
  newly 
  built 
  porch 
  of 
  this 
  house 
  was 
  broken 
  down 
  

   a 
  nd 
  the 
  brick 
  pillars 
  supporting 
  it 
  twisted 
  negatively, 
  also 
  nearly 
  

   on 
  their 
  axis, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  judge 
  from 
  the 
  description. 
  

  

  At 
  Darjiling 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  tomb 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hayden 
  (Appendix 
  

   A) 
  and 
  represented 
  on 
  Plate 
  XXXII, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  the 
  plan 
  at 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  

   twisting 
  being 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  31. 
  The 
  orientation 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  E 
  40 
  N 
  ; 
  

   it 
  was 
  twisted 
  positively 
  2°, 
  and 
  the 
  centre 
  shifted 
  \ 
  in 
  to 
  E 
  40 
  N. 
  

   The 
  section 
  at 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  twisting 
  was 
  1 
  ft. 
  6| 
  in. 
  square. 
  

  

  At 
  Calcutta 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  pinnacles 
  of 
  the 
  High 
  Court, 
  of 
  octagonal 
  

   section, 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  broken 
  across, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  

   twisted 
  round. 
  Unfortunately 
  no 
  measurements 
  were 
  made 
  before 
  

   these 
  were 
  repaired, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  say 
  in 
  what 
  direction 
  or 
  

   to 
  what 
  extent 
  they 
  were 
  displaced. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  instances 
  of 
  the 
  rotation 
  of 
  untramelled 
  pillars, 
  

   the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  thermometer 
  shed 
  at 
  Dhubri 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  

   (see 
  fig. 
  24, 
  Appendix 
  A), 
  where 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  brick 
  pillars 
  supporting 
  a 
  

   thatch 
  roof 
  were 
  broken 
  off, 
  and 
  rotated 
  positively 
  from 
  g° 
  to 
  12 
  . 
  At 
  

   the 
  Borjuli 
  tea 
  garden, 
  in 
  the 
  Tezpur 
  district, 
  a 
  leaf 
  house 
  whose 
  roof 
  

   was 
  supported 
  on 
  brick 
  pillars 
  was 
  affected 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way; 
  the 
  

   pillars 
  were 
  all 
  broken 
  off 
  and 
  twisted 
  positively 
  from 
  6° 
  to 
  io°. 
  I 
  

   was 
  informed 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  had 
  been 
  noticed 
  on 
  several 
  

  

  J 
  See 
  Mr. 
  LaTouche's 
  report, 
  Appendiz 
  A 
  : 
  the 
  monuments 
  and 
  pillars 
  at 
  Cherrapunji, 
  

   Shillong 
  and 
  Gauhati, 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  text, 
  were 
  mentioned 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  and 
  afterwards 
  re- 
  

   examined 
  by 
  me 
  and 
  measured 
  with 
  a 
  special 
  view 
  to 
  determining 
  t 
  he 
  amount 
  and 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  displacement 
  of 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  gravity 
  of 
  the 
  rotated 
  portion. 
  

  

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