The Eiffel Tower A Description of the Monument, Its Construction, Its Machinery, Its Object, and Its Utility

This is a non-fiction account of the Eiffel Tower by Gaston Tissandier. The title lays out its scope: a description of the monument, how it was built, the machinery it uses, the purpose it was made for, and what use it serves.

The text is a historical work, and this edition is a reproduction of an original printed copy. It keeps the original copyright references, library stamps and other marks from the pages it was scanned from. Some pages may be missing or blurred, and some pictures may be poor, so the reading experience carries the wear of an old library volume.

The work is in the public domain in the United States, so it can be freely copied and shared there. Other nations may treat it the same way, though that is not certain. Scholars have judged it culturally important enough to be preserved and made available to the public.

It suits readers who want a period account of the tower, organised around its construction and machinery, and who accept an imperfect reproduction of an old book. The pages are a record of the monument as its own era set it down, with every stamp and stray mark left in place.