A DANGEROUS TOWER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1544, 19 August 1886, Page 3

A DANGEROUS TOWER.

The iron tower which is to form tue chief attraction of the Paris Exhibition of 1889 is already beginning to fill the Parisian mind with apprehenion, and a savant explains in the “ Moniteui ” the cur’ous phenomena which willbe produced by this immense mass of iron rising to a height of 200 metres. He says that the enormous blocks of iron running north and south will become polarised, and that this polarisation will soon invade the whole column. Then who knows whether the four lifts with their continual friction will not increase the magnetic influence a hundredfold 1 In this case all articles for a mile round will be attracted to the tower, aud will adhere to it as a needle to a magnet. If the troops quartered in the Ecole Militaire, hard by, be called out to drill, it will be in vain for the commanding officer to shout “Eu avant!” if they are paraded with the column behind therr; they will irresistibly be drawn to the rear, with the exception of the drummer, who does not carry a rifle. All the houses in Paris will suffer from a St. Vitus’ dance, and gradually attracted towards the Champ de Mars, will finally find themselves stuck to the tower. As for locomotives entering Paris, it will be found impoasibe to stop them at the various termini; they will rush through Paris and dash themselves to pieces against the centre of attraction. These and other evils, we are told, will follow the erection of the great Eiffel tower.