Which phenomenon causes the Eiffel Tower to become 15 centimeters (5.9 in) taller in the summer?
Correct answer: Thermal Expansion
Player Say what!?
That's pretty fascinating info!
Mairaj Hashmi
That's new information for me, at least. Thanks dudes
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
Wow how did they do it ? with a tape measure i guess.
ShiJua
Waaw...never it is too late to learn something you never knew
Queen Esther
Hmh!! that's kinda weirdly unexplainable!!
Rob
so,do they inspect it for cracks every year?that's a lot of bending force on it's joints
Queen♥️♥️♥️
Mairaj Hashmi, you don’t know😝
Queen♥️♥️♥️
In Paris 🙃
Iza
I loves eiffel tower 🗼 🗼 🗼
Jevo
No way!! That's pretty cool to be fair
Thidar Aung (Dolly)
Amazing 😍
bts army 2474
Mairaj Hashmi, new
Larissa
Also i've never visited the Eiffel Tower but I really want to!!! 😁
Larissa
Player Say what!?, Sure is!!! 😁
Aurora
I don't get it🤔...
Ace
We have a 1/3 scale replica here in central Virginia.
RebeccatheFabulousShaman
Interesting I was there in 2016 in the winter and it was beautiful very large scale tower