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at a cost estimated by the architects at £25,000. The tower, it was suggested, would be upwards of 300 ft (91.4 m) 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. In
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dressings and tapers from 29 ft (8.8 m) square to 23 ft (7.0 m) below the balcony. Owing to its having been built from the inside it was not pointed and had to be pointed in 1914 and was subsequently
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The base is solid concrete, 50 ft (15.2 m) square by 10 ft (3.0 m) thick, with foundations that extend 328 ft (100 m) below ground to ensure stability.
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Academic Novel and Its Discontents
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894:. Birmingham: The University of Birmingham Press.
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827:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 77.
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863:978-0-300-10731-9
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