The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-16
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Bur arCrrdinE o. - oun confess
In - repor' tho commission had hem
.aable o. purchase copy - Crssy
Tavtpr and IN this dilemma, instead 20
visiting and consulting some iihrarv
,ut-id" - Pisa land the British Mu.e'Iu
Library uouid certainly not have fail-i
he cummtz-iuni. u relied for is informa. ,
ion about Cre-y a Taylor. a. second
hand on an Italian author 20 tho year
All ~ IL has been learned IN tho lA.'
fortnight thus Italian authority had no,
and had not undorstood tho
s~t " Crr-y \ Tavlor Although thu
plates themselves wrr" well Reproduced
hoy v~r,' not -"lf-"N p,inltnry.
Thor. - 'hIs further rotnt m the gen
raj problem The n-Nt survey IN tho .
,rci,,r - time after 'g,=y q Taylor Was
hat - RohEult de Fleury who published
10. surveys IN $50 Fur some reason
and cert a My not good
NE he commission chose To discredt
10 Flsurv's survey In 50 dong ~ "a '8.d
he question and left n undecided a. %
' het her tho tower had moved since tksr
tate seven centimetsrs. or v he,her 70
lad moved since that date twenty cent
meters
-As there had been no later survey unit
he activity 81 the Italian GovernU"-'
10 follows thar any mnv~me"'
aier han 1859 might 10 very recent and
night be still IN progress. IN which case
NAL dow nfall would 10 only . matter ~
irna. The ~ cot ~ now oderod that n
movement Of the tower. 30 Far a. tho re-
,or' Of tho commission IL concerned. has
AIKEN place since 1850 Consequently
he entire present alarm IA absolutely
N -seess
Not only that. the commission has
made n mistake Of thirty centimete-S
n its figures II j. proved bv u, Fleurv's
,Irvcv a. compared with that ~ CreSy
'aylo- that the tower had moved ftsv
"rti'ne'er- before 1854. undoubtedly a.
no result Of an earthquake IN isl6.
Both Of the supposed rates Of inclina-
ION a. announced 10y the commisaiop
re Incorrect The commission aI-
ounced that IN 1923 the inclination was
q milhmeters II Was really 81 MILL
leters II also announced the rate for
sl0 as o. millimeters. II was really
q mill!meterr in 1859.
The commission furthermore an
ounced the rate Of increase a meter
etween 1929 and 1910 a. being 5l< rnini-
leters and also announced the total in
reased inclination between those da'es
= ~ centimeters
Therefore II We divide tho suppne~d
icreaHa Of ~ CentImeters by the rate
increase per meter We ought to obtain
he aXial height 81 the tower. But whsn
nis division ~ made the resulting aNial
eight IL only ~ meters and ~ cent?.
letters, which IL the aNial height accord
" To Cresy a Taylor NJ the SIX stories
hove III" first. thus leaving the entire
,wer story. which ~ nearly one-Gua rtsr'
the aXihl height. out 81 com puiation
Prof Goodyear said in conclusion
nat every day some now publication
az brought to his attention rpCitlng fh"
lme facts that caused tho ori ginAl alarm
side from such calamity NJ an earth
Jake. the professor declared. the onve-
a. in no danger. provided attention
as paid 20 the drainage. which seernef