Its importance was instead conveyed by the height of the tower ( prasat ) rising above it, by its location at the centre of the temple, and by the greater decoration on its walls.

Later after a financial review by the developer, they decided to reduce the height of the superstructure by increasing the size of the floor plate so as to reduce the complex architectural requirements of the tower base which means a highstrength concrete solution became possible.

The building was intended to appear well-proportioned alongside the ancient great tower, one of the reasons for its considerable height.

Known colloquially under various names – the Pharos of Abusir, the Abusir funerary monument and Burg al-Arab ( Arab's Tower ) – it consists of a 3-story tower, approximately in height, with a square base, an octagonal midsection and cylindrical upper section, like the building upon which it was apparently modelled.

A siege tower, a substantial structure built to equal or greater height than the fortification's walls, could allow the attackers to fire down upon the defenders and also advance troops to the wall with less danger than using ladders.

The Schiphol Air traffic control tower, with a height of, was the tallest in the world when constructed in 1991.

The tower was often rectangular with four wheels with its height roughly equal to that of the wall or sometimes higher to allow archers to stand on top of the tower and shoot into the fortification.

His proposal was for a free-standing tower reaching from the surface of Earth to the height of geostationary orbit.

This " orbital tower " is a giant structure rising from the ground and linking with a satellite in geostationary orbit at the height of approximately 36, 000 kilometers ( approx.

* The tallest pagoda tower in China's pre-modern history, the Liaodi Pagoda, is completed in 1055, standing at a height of 84 m ( 275 ft ).

* The Songyue Pagoda is completed during the Northern Wei era ; the circular-based tower is still 40 m ( 131 ft ) in height.

The structure's walls consist of three components: an outer layer ( tilted inwards and made of many layers of stones whose size diminishes with height: mostly, lower layers consist of rubble masonry, while upper layers tend to ashlar masonry ) shaped like a tower, an inner layer, made of smaller stones ( to form a bullet shaped dome called " Tholos ": ashlar masonry is used here more frequently ), an intermediate layer of very small pieces and dirt, which makes the whole construction very sturdy: it stands only by virtue of the weight of its stones, which may each amount to several tons.

Construction on the south tower resumed for some years in the 1980s, during which campaign another of height was added, in limestone rather than the granite of the original construction.

The cabin installed at a height of 150-metres on the Blosenbergturm in Beromünster is such a construction, in which a lengthening coil is installed for the supply of the upper tower part ( the Blosenbergturm has in addition a ring-shaped roof capacitor on its top )

A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a watertank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a water supply system for the distribution of potable water.

The reservoir in the tower may be spherical, cylindrical, or an ellipsoid, with a minimum height of approximately and a minimum of in diameter.

A standard water tower typically has a height of approximately.

The height of the tower provides the pressure for the water supply system, and it may be supplemented with a pump.

The original water tower builders were barrel makers who expanded their craft to meet a modern need as buildings in the city grew taller in height.

* For an observer standing on a hill or tower of in height, the horizon is at a distance of.

* For an observer standing on a hill or tower in height, the horizon is at a distance of.

For a tower with a height of 100 m, the horizon distance is 35. 7 km.

It gives the height of the tower as seven stocks ( 91 meters ) with a square base of 91 meters on each side.

He is most effective in the ordinary business of the House, and in the legislative accomplishments of this session, he easily rose to great occasion -- even at the height of unpleasantness and exciting legislative struggle -- and as the Nation witnessed these contests, he rose, even as admitted by those who differed with him, to the proportions of a hero and a noble partisan.

After trimming off the excess on the frames and transom which was used to fasten them to the jig at a working height, the top of the side planking is installed.

If Af is the change per unit volume in Gibbs function caused by the shear field at constant P and T, and **yr is the density of the fluid, then the total potential energy of the system above the reference height is Af.

Af is the work necessary to fill the manometer column from the reference height to H.

The total volume of the system above the reference height is Af, and H can be eliminated to obtain an equation for the total potential energy of the system in terms of H.

In many installations, the inertial platform is raised off the ground a considerable height when it is mounted in the vehicle before flight.

Its rotunda forms a perfect circle whose diameter is equal to the height from the floor to the ceiling.

Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota have many superb stretches of color which reach their height from the last few days of September well into October, especially in their northern sections, e.g., Wisconsin's Vilas County whose Colorama celebration is Sept. 29-Oct. 8.

The height of the human body part of DER2 is 165 cm.

The aspect ratio is the ratio of the width of a shape to its height when the width is larger than the height, i. e. the shape is positioned as a " landscape " rather than " portrait ".

A common misunderstanding is that x and y represent actual length and height.

This is false, they actually represent the relation between width an height.

** Photolithography: the aspect ratio of an etched, or deposited structure is the ratio of the height of its vertical side wall to its width.

The almond is a small deciduous tree, growing in height, with a trunk of up to in diameter.

In the northeast are several flat-topped mountains, of which Raccoon and Lookout are the most prominent, having a maximum elevation near the Georgia line of little more than and gradually decreasing in height toward the southwest, where Sand Mountain is a continuation of Raccoon.

The Trojan War is supposed by many to have occurred at the height of the Mycenaean civilization ( see discussion of Troy VII ), roughly the point at which this palace appears to have been abandoned.

In other words AVL tree is a binary search tree where the height of the left subtree differs from the height of the right subtree by at most 1 level, if it exceeds 1 level then rebalancing occurs.

It is now believed the Patagons were actually Tehuelches with an average height of 1. 80 m (~ 5 ′ 11 ″) compared to the 1. 55 m (~ 5 ′ 1 ″) average for Spaniards of the time.

* Little Joe ( height: 55 ft ) – for launch escape system tests at altitude.

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The circular shape and great height ( currently 55. 86 m on the lowest side and 56. 70 m on the highest ) of the campanile were unusual for their time, and the crowning belfry is stylistically distinct from the rest of the construction.

* Kettwiger See in Essen-Kettwig ; surface area: 0. 55 km², height of the weir 6m

Restorers who replaced parts of the brickwork in 1954 – 55 discovered that the massive brick walls conceal an internal wooden frame running the entire height of the church.

The total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet ( 39 m ), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet ( 16. 75 m ) above the base.

The fallout-free height, above which the radioactive particles consist only of the fine fireball condensation, is approximately 55 meters / kiloton.

At around 6. 55 with the balloon inflated to a height of 15 metres, helium began to escape from the envelope.

The top of the net shall be 1. 52 m ( 1. 42 m for women ) in height from the center and 1. 55 m ( 1. 45 m for women's ) at the posts.

A maximum stand height ( the distance from the snow to the sole of the boot ) of 55 mm ( 2. 165 in.

In Idaho, western tanager nests were found in conifers at an average height of 40 feet ( 12. 3 m ) and ranged from 8 to 55 feet ( 2. 4 – 16. 8 m ).

Each platform was equipped with one AN / FPS-3 ( later upgraded to AN / FPS-20 ) search radar and two AN / FPS-6 height finder radars, each housed in a separate spherical neoprene radome 55 feet in diameter.

Between 08: 15 and 08: 55 hostile planes flew over attacking with machine guns, but by 08: 30 when the higher ground was clear, the leading battalion of one infantry brigade were only from their main objective ; the commanding height of Ali Muntar.

The current height champion eastern white pine of the Northeast is the Longfellow Pine in Cook Forest State Park, Pennsylvania, which has also been climbed and measured by tape drop, and currently has a height of 55. 96 m ( 183. 6 ft ).

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The tower, it was suggested, would be upwards of in height, and would not only form the main architectural feature of the University but would be useful in connection with the Physics Department and as a record tower " ( Cheesewright, 1975, p. 55 ).

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The scan covers a height range from the surface up to ( 55 miles ).

Depending on the exact configuration, the length is about 3. 55 meters, the height 1. 82 meters, and the width 1. 82 meters.

On the west side of the valley, near Socho, there is a very large and ancient tree of this kind, 55 feet in height, its trunk 17 feet in circumference, and the breadth of its shade no less than 75 feet.

( Calculated from a formula stating that a person 165 centimeters in height and weighing 55 kilograms will burn 8. 21 kcal running 160 metres in one minute.

Foundations run to 20 metres deep, the number of lower levels ( which link to the road tunnels and metro ) was due to the 55 metre height restriction around the Cinquantenaire ( so as not to spoil the view ) It also included seventeen flexible conference rooms which could be used by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers.