Gustave Eiffel Quotes:
Ocupation: Civil engineer
Life: December 15, 1832 - December 27, 1923
Birthday: December 15
Death: December 27
The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in giving to the edges of the pyramid a curve of such a nature that this pyramid shall be capable of resisting the force of the wind without necessitating the junction of the edges by diagonals as is usually done.
topic: Curves, Wind, Ideas, Junction, Archways, Resisting
