The Tower Essays

  • Towers of Hanoi

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    Towers of Hanoi Introduction ============ We have been asked during this piece of coursework to investigate the Towers of Hanoi. The Towers of Hanoi is a simple game whereby you must move of a pile of 3, 4, 5 or any other number of discs (1, 2, 3, etc) of decreasing radii from 1 of 3 poles to another pole (A, B, C). You are only able to move one disc at a time and cannot place a larger disc on top of a smaller disc. You must also complete this task in the smallest amount of moves

  • Eiffel tower

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    Eiffel tower Just imagine you are standing 300 meters that is 984 ft above the ground, looking down at the beautiful city of Paris. The wind is blowing at your face and it is messing up your hair, but you do not care. You are on the top of the highest building in the center of culture, the magnificent Paris and that is all that matters. Yes, you are standing on top of Eiffel Tower. This is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about Paris, the tall, lean tower. But have

  • The Two Towers

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    The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers Frodo and Sam lower down on an elf rope, Sam isn’t very good in that and drops a piece of bread. When Frodo tried to catch it he fell down. It didn’t hurt him because there were only a few more meters. During the night they caught Gollum who wanted them to give him the ring of Power. Sam thought that Gollum only want to kill them, but Frodo knew that the creature Gollum was the person Sméagol a long time ago. In the lands of Rohan Aragorn, Gimbly and Ligulas

  • Comparison of the Chartres towers

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    Comparison of the Chartres towers The cathedral of Notre-Dame at Chartres must be one of the most beautiful and famous architectural specimens in the world today. The cathedral owns an exquisite silhouette against the sky of La Beauce. Two towers rise uncontested, to take watch over miles and miles of French countryside. Up close, the two towers, along with their spires, seem mismatched or unrelated. Yet, the two together provide for one of the most interesting juxtapositions in architecture

  • The Willis Tower

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    Champion: The Willis Tower 1973-1998 were the years when the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) was the tallest building in the world. It was ruling the sky for 25 years! The Willis Tower has a rich history, an interesting building structure, and is a tourist attraction for many. The Willis Tower was originally the Sears Tower when it was built in 1974. The Willis Tower is currently located in Chicago, IL. on S. Wacker Drive (Gallun, 2003). Let us go to the building when it was the Sears Tower, which was built

  • The Sears Tower: The Willis (Sears Tower

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    Willis (Sears) Tower The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower is the tallest building in Chicago and one of its most popular tourist attractions. This is not surprising since it is one of the tallest buildings in the world at an amazing 110 stories, or 1,730 ft including the antenna on top (1,450 ft without the antenna). In fact, it held the title as the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998. Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan can all be seen from the observation

  • The Tower of London

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    The Tower of London, in central London, has a gloomy past. There was bloodshed, ghosts, wars, imprisonment, torture, and jewels. The Towers past maybe dark and gloomy but the history surrounding it is fascinating. The Tower of London is a 900-year-old castle and fortress (Jarus). William the Conqueror created the first fortifications after the conquest of London in A.D. 1066 (Jarus). The Tower of London is not just one large tower; it is made up of 13 structures on the inside of the fortress, and

  • Pen Y Bryn The Princes’ Tower

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    Pen Y Bryn The Princes’ Tower Wales has long been known as a country of myth and magic. She hides her secrets in her hollow hills. Pen Y Bryn, The Princes’ Tower is the latest treasure that has come to light and one of the most fascinating. In 1992 Kathryn and Brian Pritchard Gibson bought what they believed to be a thirty-six acre chicken farm with a 17th century Elizabethan manor house and it has changed their lives dramatically. The stone manor and out buildings are nestled against a forested

  • The Tower Of London

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    The Tower of London The Tower of London, the oldest fortified palace in Europe, was built by William the Conqueror in the late 1000's. It has served as a fortress, prison, palace, and the final resting-place of many people ("Tower of London" Encarta 1). Its history is full of amazing and horrific stories of life and death. To truly appreciate this magnificent group of structures a look must be taken into its history through it's architecture, uses, and those held in the prisons and dungeons. The

  • The Tower of London

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    The Tower of London arose as a result of the fight concerning who would succeed King Edward the Confessor as the next King of England. King Edward had initially promised William I, the Duke of Normandy, that he would have the throne upon King Edward's death. However, upon his deathbed, he was persuaded to relinquish the throne to his brother-in-law Harold, Earl of Wessex, who was English. This enraged Duke William, who led his army into England from France to obtain what he considered was his rightful

  • The CN Tower

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    CN Tower The CN tower is the most popular attraction in all of Canada. This is the defining feature of the Toronto skyline. When traveling into Toronto, there is nothing that stands out more than this structure. Towering over everything else, it is a marvel of engineering and the limits that we can push construction to. Standing at a towering height of 553.3m or 1,815ft and 5 inches, it is a monster among the other structures in the area. This structure sits in the heart of the city which

  • The Seventh Tower

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    The Seventh Tower Plot Summary This book is a Science fiction book that is the fist of a series of books called The Seventh Tower. It starts out with a boy by the name of Tal Graile-Rarem receiving word that his dad was missing on a mission that he was doing for the queen. And that is when every thing goes down hill. This is because his dad has the only good sunstone that will allow Tal to pass into the world of Aerian. Aerian is the world where a boy goes to receive his spirit shadow when

  • History of the Eiffel Tower

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    The Eiffel Tower, also known as La Tour Eiffel in French, is a world famous structure located in Paris, France. The construction of the Eiffel Tower began in July 1887 and was completed in March 1889. The Eiffel Tower was chosen in a contest, out of hundreds of artist proposals, to being a center piece at the Exposition Universelle, World’s Fair, hosted by Paris in 1889. The purpose of the contest was to select a building which would commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the French Revolution

  • The Eiffel Tower Project

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    Concept Phase: The Eiffel Tower project was a concept proposed by the Centennial Exposition Committee for the World Paris Fair Exposition and even though there was a purpose in mind, it wasn’t determined what the exact contribution or income this project would bring to the country. This project wasn’t a necessity for the country, it was more a form to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. But, in all event, a decision was made to continue with the initial concept of the project

  • Sears Tower Essay

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    The amazing tower, built as and still traditionally regarded to as the Sears Tower, is a 108-story, 1,450-foot (442.1 m) high-rise in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At fulfillment in 1973, it transcend the World Trade Center towers in New York to become the giant building in the world, a merit held for nearly 25 years and persevered the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere until 2014 and the acquirement of a new building at the World Trade Center site. The structure is appraised an innovative

  • History Of The Willis Tower

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    I. Introduction The Willis Tower (originally known as the Sears Tower) was for years the tallest buildi ng in the world. The original planning and design did not envision this record as a goal to be achieved or as a parameter to guide design. Fazlur Khan’s design for Sears Roebuck not only met the client’s goal of consolidating its Chicago-area employees into one central location while allowing for anticipated company growth, but did so with an innovative and cost-saving bundled-tube structural

  • Eiffel Tower Description

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    My first thought of the tower was a person standing with their legs apart and claiming power and independence, with their hands pointing to the sky. The Eiffel tower was the center of attention as it lit like a candle with golden color lights. The positive attitude of Mother Nature made my evening splendid, the wind blew through my hair and installed

  • The Paris Eiffel Tower

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    The topic I am going to write about is The Eiffel Tower in France about its structure, history etc. Because Eiffel Tower is a very significant man-made building at that time(1889) and still the most famous and recognizable tower people could think of in the world nowadays. 1.1 History and background of The Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France, buildt in 1889 and it is 1063 feet tall. The reason of the name of the Eiffel Tower is because it was named after Alexandre Gustave

  • Speech: The Eiffel Tower

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    Eiffel Tower And the Impact it has Made on the World I. Introduction A. Attention Getter-Every evening at sunset, the city of Paris is illuminated with the Eiffel Tower’s light show. 1. The monument is known for the light show, which consists of 20,000 gold lights displayed the first ten minutes of every hour. 2. Tourists from all over the world come to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France to witness its beauty firsthand. B. Credibility Statement-Show the picture of the Eiffel Tower being

  • Essay On Eiffel Tower

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    Eiffel tower and Arch of Triumph In the old days Paris was known to be the capital of culture where many of the famous authors went for their higher education. In addition to that, the French people had great interests in building and architecture. Here are two of the best monuments that we can talk about today, Eiffel tower and Arch of Triumph. Eiffel Tower,  they started building it in 1887 and finished it in 1889 , its located in Paris on the Champ de Mars to be the entrance arch to the