The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk (Russian: Невья́нская ба́шня) is a tower built in the 18th century located within the town of Nevyansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast...
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This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or...
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in the history of Russian icon-painting. As for the Demidovs, they commissioned the 60-meter (200 ft) high Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, which was erected...
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the masonry of Nevyansk Tower or ancient structures in Rome and the Vatican. Steel has a thermal expansion coefficient nearly equal to that of modern concrete...
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Saint Isaac's Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral of Saint Isaac)
cupola after the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk (1732) and Mainz Cathedral (1826). With an internal height of 69 m (from the floor to the level of the oculus),...
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central square still bears his name. He also commissioned the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk. His fortune was inherited by his eldest son Prokofi Demidov,...
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Lightning rod (redirect from Lightning rod tower)
intentionally used in the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk. The spire of the tower is crowned with a metallic rod in the shape of a gilded sphere with spikes...
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of this technology is found in the mysterious Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, completed in 1732. The tower's tented roof had a cast iron carcass and outer...
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Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov (category People from the Tsardom of Russia)
commissioned the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, with its underground rooms and secret routes towards one of his factories. By the end of his life Akinfiy...
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launch complex (Baikonur Cosmodrome) Akinfiy Demidov, built the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk (the first structure with rebars and cast iron cupola, as well...
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Barmin, designer of the world's first rocket launch complex (Baikonur Cosmodrome) Akinfiy Demidov, builder of the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, the first structure...
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biography at Shukhov Tower Foundation site. SPP-1 Archived 14 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) Modern weapons of underwater fighters...
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