Wichita eagle., 1886-09-04
THE TALLEsT TOWER.
The Marvellous Monument To Be Erected
in the Charap De Mars, Paris.

in the Champ DE Mars, Paris.
A colossal tower, 1000 feet in height,
will be not on!v the principal attraction
OF the Exposition. but the most daring
work ever un 'ertaken by any engineer.
The pyramid- of Egypt, st. Peters,
the Washingtoa MoEanent, all these
wonderful elevators will seem the work
of dwarfS beside tn S m'ssive iron con-
struction, on whose su,nmit will float
the French flag. This tower consists of
four iron pyramids. lace.i $50 feet one
from the other, each pyramid being 80
feet square at the base and 16 feet
square.
At the first story, $50 feet above the
ground, these pyramids are united by
class-coyered gall lrE, 50 feet wild which
makes the to'H' OF G construction.
This gallery viii be used for soirees, etc.
At the secon sofy is room 100 feet
square. covered by giass.
At the summit is IL cupOia with an ex-
terror balcony There viii b. placed the
electrical apparat destined to light the
Exposition. Eacn yramid Will lave an
elevator, con tructcd IN the same man
ner as the Swiss railways. 1t is start
ling to think Of an elevator taking one
seven times as high as the Column Ven
dome, but there VIII be 10 danger.
The elevator will he Grawn by a cable,
but ST. el graphing hooks arc to be ar
ranged in Sch a manner that, if the
cattle breaks. the elevator will remain
suspended. There has never been an
accident on the Birhi ami NJ. EifTel, who
is the originator of this stupendous
scheme. says hi elevators will be even
more secure than any Yet constructed.
i vertical e.evatOr will also take pas
sengcrs from the central point TO the
summit of the tower. When at the top
we can admire the night, Paris and the
millions Of lights.
II pleasant weather we can see the
most splendid panorama that human
thought can imagine. Above the hills
which " tn the I green foliage surround
Paris, we shall have Il View OF over one
hundred miles. We shall see Com
piegne, Rheims, Fontainebeau, Chartres,
Dreux, Creil, the villages lost in the
woods. and the rivers trailing their sill
yer ribbons across the valleys.
But this metallic tower will not be
built expressly for the curious; it will
render service to science. In the cupola
will be installed telescopes, pluviom-
eters, thermometers, etc. Astronomical
and meteorological observations will be
made under new conditions, and expert
mentS which have heretofore been inn
possible can for the first time be attempt
ed. Atmospheric electricity, the valoc-
ity of the wind, the transparency OF the
air, Foucault's experiment to prove that
the earth revolves, all can be studied.
Spectroscopes for analysis of the lighJ
of the sun and stars will be placed under
the dome. A study equally interesting
will be that of the variation OF tempera-
ture with altitude. For the public q
very strange sight will be the effect OF
lightning and The deviation OF q falling
body.
The tower will be surrounded by
lightninC-rod. but in itself the tower will
form an immense lightning-rod, by which
will descend formidable quantities OF
electricity. In thunderstorm every
one in the tower will be struck by light
ms. although unconscious of and re-
ceiN NJ no injury from this electric
Shock.
When the night is black with clouds,
from the foot of the tower one can see
continuous sparkling fall Of lightning.
To prodrce that effect a liChtninr-rod
will be placed on the ssmWi. of te
tower and the conductor ~.ii inter-
ruprel .or In" space Of INC s;,.,i-. T.,e
liah'AiEy VIII ihus jump raa one sc
ton 70 another, with continual expo
ST rs.
Al tho tase Of the tower. on imIn"2se
block of marble, inscriptions reca ling
the his cry ot - century vii ba On
gravel ii cilicd letters. T.or' wili he
fous,, extracts froB tse 0r,av :.on
OF ;he Rights o. Man. tae nHIaes Of IL
lustg.ou7 Republicans. e:c.
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