Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer Finish:10-pack View of the British Museum

View of the British Museum

1852 in St Paul's Cathedral

This sight was used to view the pendulum during observations in order to avoid parallax error

(c1166-1216) succeeded his elder brother Richard I (known as 'Richard the Lionheart') as King of England on April 6

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer Finish:10-pack View of the British MuseumAlexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, late 19th century. Eiffel's (1832 1923) most historic and best known work is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Paris Exposition of 1889, staged to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution. Built entirely of iron, the Eiffel Tower remained the tallest building in the world until 1930.