"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Fixing the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Sort of. Some interesting engineering responses to the sinking problem.
Fascinating. The technique used for the tower is quite ingenious. The path to finding that solution is equally impressive; I shuddered when I heard that a committee had been formed. Clearly, no bureaucrats were on that one!
People were still allowed up in the tower when we were there in the 70s. Mr. H and our daughter went up, but I stayed on the ground with the baby. No way I was going up there, even if it hadn't been leaning.
I wonder how they fixed the sag in the middle of the cathedral next door. It was quite pronounced back then, but from the modern photos, it appears they did fix it.
We were there in the summer of 2022. Climbing that tower was interesting, to say the least. Descending was even worse. The steps have been worn down over 850 years!
Fascinating. The technique used for the tower is quite ingenious. The path to finding that solution is equally impressive; I shuddered when I heard that a committee had been formed. Clearly, no bureaucrats were on that one!
ReplyDeleteNow if we could only find a way to correct the Leftward lean of the country.
ReplyDeletePeople were still allowed up in the tower when we were there in the 70s. Mr. H and our daughter went up, but I stayed on the ground with the baby. No way I was going up there, even if it hadn't been leaning.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how they fixed the sag in the middle of the cathedral next door. It was quite pronounced back then, but from the modern photos, it appears they did fix it.
We were there in the summer of 2022. Climbing that tower was interesting, to say the least. Descending was even worse. The steps have been worn down over 850 years!
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