Which phenomenon causes the Eiffel Tower to become 15 centimeters (5.9 in) taller in the summer?

Correct answer: Thermal Expansion

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Player Say what!?
Player Say what!?
That's pretty fascinating info!
Mairaj Hashmi
Mairaj Hashmi
That's new information for me, at least. Thanks dudes
Player #66817220
Player #66817220
gobledygook, if you attach two strips of different kinds of metal (with different expansion rates) together, they will bend if you heat them. If I remember right, that's the principle behind thermostats.
LITTO
LITTO
Wow how did they do it ? with a tape measure i guess.
ShiJua
ShiJua
Waaw...never it is too late to learn something you never knew
Rob
Rob
so,do they inspect it for cracks every year?that's a lot of bending force on it's joints
Zunash😈
Zunash😈
Mairaj Hashmi, you don’t know😝
Zunash😈
Zunash😈
In Paris 🙃
Iza
Iza
I loves eiffel tower 🗼 🗼 🗼
Jevo
Jevo
No way!! That's pretty cool to be fair
 Thidar Aung (Dolly)
Thidar Aung (Dolly)
Amazing 😍
bts army 2474
bts army 2474
Mairaj Hashmi, new
Larissa
Larissa
Also i've never visited the Eiffel Tower but I really want to!!! 😁
Larissa
Larissa
Player Say what!?, Sure is!!! 😁
Aurora
Aurora
I don't get it🤔...
Ace
Ace
We have a 1/3 scale replica here in central Virginia.
RebeccatheFabulousShaman
RebeccatheFabulousShaman
Interesting I was there in 2016 in the winter and it was beautiful very large scale tower