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Show How the Eiffel Tower Moves. That tho Eiffel Tower moves dally tn a vertical and horizontal sonso has long been beyond doubt. Apart from tho scientific laws of expansion and contraction, whloh Inevitably affected It, ono could boo It during a galo swaying sway-ing from Bldo to side. But Its vortical movements wero a mere matter of conjecture until M. Gulllaumo undertook under-took to Investigate thorn. Ho shows that the great Iron structure may vary nn Inch In height every day. The ole-vation ole-vation or depression Is not equally distributed, dis-tributed, as only ono of Its sides may bo affected by the rtso or tall of tho temperature, and thus tho tower may bo compared to a person shitting his weight alternately from ono foot to tho otlior. |