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  2. Block-stacking problem - Wikipedia

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    The first nine blocks in the solution to the single-wide block-stacking problem with the overhangs indicated. In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.

  3. Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia

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    List of leaning towers. Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Tower of Pisa; Leaning Tower of Zaragoza, was a famous European leaning tower; Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul), an ancient leaning tower that stood until 2017; reconstruction efforts are currently underway; List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

  4. Piazza dei Miracoli - Wikipedia

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    Leaning Tower of Pisa, in 2009. The campanile (bell tower), commonly known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, is located behind the cathedral. The last of the three major buildings on the piazza to be built, construction of the bell tower began in 1173 and took place in three stages over the course of 177 years, with the bell-chamber only added in 1372.

  5. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was once tilting dangerously ... - AOL

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    In the early ’90s the tower, the centerpiece of a UNESCO World Heritage site, reached a lean of 4.5 degrees and fears for its stability led to an international effort to stop it from toppling ...

  6. Italy races to stop leaning tower from collapsing

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    The 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda tower was built in the 12th century, during a boom period of the northern city’s history, but two centuries later it had already begun to tilt.

  7. Engineers solve the mystery of the still-standing Leaning ...

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    The Leaning Tower of Pisa is notable for its pronounced slant, but also because, despite that precarious state, it’s managed to stay standing through four or more significant earthquakes.

  8. List of leaning towers - Wikipedia

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    The Leaning Tower of Niles, in Niles, Illinois; a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa; The "Leaning Tower of Patchogue", a nickname given to the former PD Tower at the LIRR station in Patchogue, New York; it was demolished in 2006; The Leaning Tower of Britten, in Groom, Texas; The Leaning Tower of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, a now demolished ...

  9. ‘Leaning tower’ in Italy closed off amid subsidence fears

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