Building the Eiffel Tower - Objectivity 284

Two incredible volumes at the Royal Society commemorating the design and build of the Eiffel Tower - authored by Eiffel himself. More links below ↓↓↓
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[@TaunoErik]

I love Objectivity!

[@I_Echion]

Some of these drawings from 140 years ago are more detailled then half the CAD drawings made 10 years ago. Really impressive.

[@francoislacombe9071]

Two bits of trivia. Eiffel lived in an appartment at the top of the tower, but the appartment is no longer habitable because half of is used to house the elevator's motors. Also, there is a regulation in Paris that no building can be taller than the tower.

[@quintrankid8045]

Here's another little bit of trivia, “The air in a cylinder that contained the Eiffel Tower would weigh more than the Eiffel Tower itself.”

[@MrPictor]

The original edition can be read on the internet archive website. Also, a physical book exists as facsimile edition

[@batya7]

Great. I was hoping it had been scanned and was available online.

[@brouquier7172]

I was wondering if there would be a facsimile edition! That would make a lot of sense and surely there are people out there who would love such a copy

[@renerpho]

@@brouquier7172 If there ever was a book that *HAD* to be turned into a facsimile, it's this beauty.

[@kadirbeneathmomoteh854]

What a beautiful book. I'm totally with Brady, it would be an incredible coffee table book.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

Those 'under construction' photos are remarkable indeed! Praise be to the person with the good sense to have taken them. I do find Paris a good deal more bland than many seem to, but that book is a wonderful record of a distinctive landmark.

[@Yezpahr]

When I was a kid we had a school trip to France, but on the first of the three planned nights we got tossed out of the hotel because 90% of the class was just up all night and causing the rest of the hotel guests to get angry. The planned trip to Disneyland Paris and to the Eiffel Tower still happened but we didn't have time nor money to get up with the elevators. I'm pretty sure there was still money but they didn't trust the class to not throw each other off the tower. I hate all of them for robbing me of that opportunity. (to throw them off the tower)

[@Juarqua]

There's one more possible reason the Royal Society kept this book in the archives: At the time the tower was built the techniques Eiffel used were absolute state of the art and some might even have been used to such a scale for the first time.

[@deliciousrose]

Hand-drawn detailed construction drawing is always fascinating! Made you really appreciate the craftmanship.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

For sure.

[@JonathanShariat]

Interesting note about the stamp to prevent thefts got me thinking, I'd love an episode about thefts and the like that have happened in the royal society!

[@HectaSpyrit]

That would be fascinating! A video about artefacts that got stolen, never to be seen again.

[@ryanpitasky487]

In my opinion, this is one of your best objectivity videos so far. Great work as always, Brady.

[@peterbradburn9115]

I know. Makes no sense, given all the amazing first editions and manuscripts, but this feels ridiculously special

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Remember the time we climbed a slightly smaller tower?! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4GmZpR4lN97qZI

[@goshisanniichi]

If someone out there were to print reproductions of these I would be seriously tempted to buy them.

[@bnm0312]

Some of those schematic drawings could be copied and sold as posters and other memorabilia. I'd own one for sure. They're such wonderful drawings of such a recognizable and historic structure.

[@axelnilsson6478]

Have to entirely agree with Brady at the end, it would be such an incredible thing to own!

[@flacht_6]

Happy 4th Anniversary of Hello Internet Silence!

[@Fl0ep]

Don't worry, they've been recording bi-weekly for all that time. Grey just hasn't gotten around to editing yet.

[@Saucialiste]

Shut up Tim! I'm still hurting to think the podcast is gone to the Big Black Stump in the sky

[@Vardagaladhiel]

That was fascinating! The plans were super cool and the progress photos of the building process were amazing. I wonder why Eiffel never sent the book of experiments!

[@bigsarge2085]

Been there a couple times, wonderful experience!

[@Mkill3rYT]

This is amazing! Is there a digital version somewhere? I want to read/look at this so hard

[@Ch1oe2472]

Unfortunately, the only pdf versions I could find are in French.

[@Mkill3rYT]

@@Ch1oe2472 Unlikely it was ever translated, but since I'm french I don't mind ^^'

[@Ikkarson]

@@Mkill3rYThave you tried on Gallica, the online repository of the Bibliotheque Nationale?

[@Ch1oe2472]

@@Mkill3rYT Oh, okay. If you go Google "le tour de trois cent metres Trinity college Dublin" The first result should be a page where you can download the PDF of the full thing.

[@Ch1oe2472]

@@Mkill3rYT You can find the French pdf from the Trinity College Dublin collection.

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

Thanks for sharing

[@arcanics1971]

Une belle paire de livres. Un trésor!

[@pooponunicycle]

Lovely!

[@williamcollins4049]

Ah They are wonderful books and it is great to see them so well appreciated

[@radagastwiz]

The 1980 film 'Superman II' had an opening sequence set at the tower and the production made a to-scale copy of parts of it; I imagine a set of these volumes would have been of use to the set builders.

[@dav1dsm1th]

I wish books like this were scanned and made available for everyone to peruse. I know it takes time, money and resources. It's just a shame so much interesting stuff is collecting dust in the backrooms of societies and museums. Thanks for the videos.

[@SylvainMenard]

2:06 I wonder how someone manage to stamp the number under the line at a slight but noticeable angle. You had one job!

[@mushroomsamba82]

Damn that thing would make a hell of a coffee table book

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Hope your coffee table has strong legs.

[@veryboringname.]

10:35 and a murrrsey berrrkeuuuu to you too!

[@batya7]

Very appreciated, Brady. Could have watched a video twice as long! I have an Eiffel Tower keychain souvenir. (Hurts to carry it in my pocket, however 😂 .)

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Patreon supporters can go look at our hi-res production photos and pore over every rivet.

[@martinnyberg71]

Has the society (or someone of the 499 other recipients) digitised the tomes and made them available online? 😊

[@xamishia]

Great!

[@taloire43]

The story of the attempt to build a copy of the tower in London which collapsed through lack of money is worth recounting.

[@tomt.8387]

As a structural engineer, I would pay lots of money for this book. Maybe I can get a full size copy somewhere..

[@mennoduk]

Can we get a numberphile video about that first book?

[@scowell]

I'll just pop down and see if Half Price Books has a copy! I wonder if this ever comes up at auction?

[@GuanoLad]

Not to reduce a spectacular work of art to something trite, but I wonder if there is an English translated PDF of this somewhere.

[@mark-]

Is the book online so we can read it in detail ?

[@rjung_ch]

1:22 the Swiss flag, proud to be seen there.

[@stufromoz8164]

A big book about a big radio antenna.

[@vasilybogantsev]

But on the map page at 10:09, they do call it TOUR EIFFEL.

I would love to see this as a real book. Maybe in a slightly shortened version, to keep costs reasonable.

[@DrFrank-xj9bc]

What a wonderful book. Thank you for showing. Eiffel was an ingenious Engineer. French Engineering (e.g. in Automotive) is to my opinion superior over other typical Engineering countries, like Germany... which lost its reputation over the last decades.. His name Eiffel probably originates from his ancestors, who emigrated from the Eifel, a landscape located in Germany and in Belgium.

[@princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

I wonder who's in the possession of the 1st book ...

[@CheshireTomcat68]

5:58 I just want to know what that hydraulic pump was used for!

[@jinxchrome7526]

The pumps in the tower‘s 4 legs were used to align the height for the first platform.

[@CheshireTomcat68]

@@jinxchrome7526 Every day's a school day.

[@Shellewell]

Obviously the renaming to "the Eiffel tower" occurred in 1999 in honour of the incredible success of 'Blue' by Eiffel 65

[@PalimpsestProd]

these books are similar in size and format to the "artist editions" being made by IDW for comics. That means if you print 10k - 20k you should be able to sell them for $135 - $250 U.S.. Unfortunately you might have to unbind the originals to get perfect scans.

[@renerpho]

You can already buy a pretty good facsimile edition of this book.

[@VeraTR909]

Some less renowned libraries may have just gotten the text and not the plates which could explain the No. difference.

[@SolaceEasy]

Been there. Done that.

[@spartan117ak]

has this ever been digitized?

[@carnsoaks1]

When I was little I enjoyed being young.

[@cyrilio]

Has Gutenberg scanned these books? If not then they definitely should. Does the Royal society work on digitizing. Their library? If not then they definitely should! All this knowledge belongs to the people.

[@renerpho]

The Internet Archive has it.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

You should check out the society's Science in the Making website. They're continuously digitising their collections and adding to it. It's pretty awesome! makingscience.royalsociety.org

[@Olhado256]

I subscribed to this channel purely because of Brady - I'm not actually a big fan of objects or collections - but those are really very cool THINGS. Just amazing to look at.

[@GlutenEruption]

Nobody's going to comment on Keith's hair?!

[@peteranderson037]

Sacré bon café

[@ender4555]

What happened to Keith!?!

[@ELYESSS]

Fun fact, the Iron that was used to build the Eiffel tower was stolen from Algeria.

[@stevenwade7466]

I wonder when the tower was built it was 16 feet shy of 1000 feet. Why not be the first man made structure to hit 1000 feet 🤔

[@batya7]

Metric system ruled.

[@jinxchrome7526]

Except the USA, only Liberia and Myanmar use foot as an official measurement, the rest of the world is in SI units.

[@anallesespeciale1315]

🙌 *Promo SM*

[@jordanmullaney9263]

Your favorite structure is The Big Rocking Horse, not the Eiffel Tower. Just sayin’

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Gumeracha’s answer to the Eiffel Tower.

[@ASSamiYT]

Beetle.

[@toolebukk]

1st