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grandtatner. ane became rnncess raul Uenudoif, and died in her twenty-fifth year.M. Gustave Eiffel, the builder of the famous Tower, was bom forty-six years ago at Dijon, in the ' Cote d’Or. In 1855 he ended his schooling, with 1 marked distinction, at the central School of Arts and Manufactures. Eiffel was a bom engineer, j What Mr. Edison is in electric invention, M. Eiffel is in the art of construction in metal. One of the first great enterprises in which he had a share was ' the Bordeaux Bridge, in which he borrowed many 1 fruitful hints from what he saw of the use of compressed air in driving the piles of foundations, i His principal labours have been in the building of i iron bridges, in which he has shown a bold and inventive genius. His bridge near Montlucon shows i the greatest span yet attempted in girder launching. He has completely revolutionised the art of bridge- i building on arches. The great central arch of his ] viaduct at Garabifc has a span of 165 metres. As for his famous Tower, it was laughed at when iirst projected. It was said to be impossible. Some people notice a carious resemblance between the face of M, Eiffel and the fecial type of the male members of the English Royal Family 1 The region of the eyes, in particular, suggests av____ i._ ___—1-
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Courier and Middlesex Counties Courier Gazette
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Sep 07, 1889
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