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Eiffel Tower

elladebo — 2024-11-05 14:43:08 UTC

The Eiffel tower was the tallest man-made object until 1930. Geometry was used because it's a 4-sided pyramid.

Leaning tower of Pisa

elladebo — 2024-11-05 14:51:31 UTC

The leaning tower of Pisa survived 4 earthquakes. They used geometry by making it shaped curved-like but it balancing and able to stand.

Egyptian Pyramids

elladebo — 2024-11-05 15:16:18 UTC

The tallest pyramid is 481 feet tall. Geometry was used in order to make a perfect square base.

The White House

elladebo — 2024-11-06 14:12:19 UTC

There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the White House. The White House is 55,000 square feet. They had to use right angles to get the balance and space right.

Louvre Pyramid

elladebo — 2024-11-06 14:15:55 UTC

The Louvre has 4 levels filled with skilled art. It is the shape of a triangular pyramid. The math used for this took lots of time because of the pressure needed to hold up the glass.

Golden Gate Bridge

elladebo — 2024-11-06 14:19:09 UTC

The Golden gate bridge is 446 feet above the water. Over 2 billion cars have passed over it. Each side of the main towers is a parabola.

Thomas Crapper's Plumbing system

elladebo — 2024-11-06 14:22:42 UTC

Thomas crapper was one of the first people to invent a plumbing system. He had to use pipes with 45, 60, and 30 degrees to be able to establish the concept of flushing and it going down the pipes.

The first fashion designer piece

elladebo — 2024-11-07 03:21:11 UTC

Charles Frederick Worth was the world's first fashion designer. He created many beautiful pieces of clothing. He had to measure this woman's body and get the perfect shape to fit her good.

Creation of the lightbulb

elladebo — 2024-11-08 14:51:04 UTC

Joseph Swan, a British physicist and chemist created the first incandescent light bulb. They had to structure it with a certain to show the most light.

Washington Monument

elladebo — 2024-11-11 14:11:38 UTC

The Washington Monument was planned way before Washington died. They had to use geometry to get the angles right for it to stand strong and not fall.

Gateway Arch

elladebo — 2024-11-11 14:13:39 UTC

The Gateway Arch is the Tallest Artificial Monument In The U.S. In order for it to stand sturdy they used a certain shape.;

Invention of the Compass

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:23:48 UTC

The compass was created by the Chinese. This allowed for the creation of perfect circles which are essential in geometry.

Alhazen's work on optics

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:25:53 UTC

This was an experiment that light travels in straight lines, and carried out various experiments with lenses, mirrors, refraction, and reflection. He used geometry to understand how light and vision work.

Mayan Pyramid

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:27:48 UTC

The first Mayan pyramids we know of were built nearly 3,000 years ago. The Maya built complex pyramids using Geometrical alignment with celestial bodies.

Discovery of Pi

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:29:45 UTC

Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. It is essential for understanding circles and spheres.

Development of blueprints

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:32:11 UTC

A blueprint could be of many things such as a town, house, or building. These designs rely on geometric principals for structural planning and aesthetics.

Discovery of Conic Sections

elladebo — 2024-11-11 15:34:44 UTC

These are the shapes you get when you slice a different shape in half. It laid the groundwork for advanced geometry.

Great Pyramid of Giza

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:40:04 UTC

The Great Pyramid of Giza is 481 feet tall. They used a triangular pyramid shape for a sturdier structure.

Creation of the Bicycle

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:40:47 UTC

German Inventor Karl von Drais is credited with developing the first bicycle. They used a perfect 360 degree circle for the wheels for it to move faster.

Pentagon Building

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:41:31 UTC

This building is located in Virginia. It used geometry be using the Pentagon shape.

Taj Mahal

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:42:36 UTC

This took 22 years to build. They had to use over 20 shaped to create the design.

Brooklyn Bridge

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:43:07 UTC

This bridge took 14 years and 600 workers to build. They had to use a certain shape and Arch for it to be sturdy.

The London Eye

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:44:52 UTC

The London eye is a ferris wheel that was built in 1998. They built it using circular geometry.

Millau Viaduct

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:46:35 UTC

This bridge is 1125 ft tall. It's the tallest bridge with parabolic curves.

SoFi Statium

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:48:27 UTC

This Stadium has a capacity of 70,000 people. The Arch they used is how geometry was used.

U.S Bank Stadium

elladebo — 2024-11-11 20:49:05 UTC

This stadium can hold 73,000 people. They used a triangular prism along with a rectangular prism to create this.

Soccer balls

elladebo — 2024-11-12 01:06:17 UTC

A soccer ball was first made in 1855's. They used hexagonal and pentagonal geometry in able to get a nearly spherical shape.

Roller Coasters

elladebo — 2024-11-12 01:08:05 UTC

The first roller coaster was built in 1884. They had many errors in the design but ended up using cylinder poles to hold it up.

Chrysler Building

elladebo — 2024-11-12 01:11:39 UTC

More than 750 miles of electrical conductor wire was used in the construction of the skyscraper. They had to use a rectangular prism with right angles in order to give the building a sturdy base.

Hoover Dam

elladebo — 2024-11-12 01:12:22 UTC

The Hoover dam controls the flooding of the Colorado river. They had to create a concrete Arch gravity type structure.