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What human bone inspired Eiffel to design the Eiffel Tower?

In the middle of the 19th century, the Swiss professor Hermann von Mayer examined the bone structure of the femoral head in the place where it bends and enters the joint at an angle. Being covered with a network of miniature bones with a strict geometric structure, it does not break under the weight of the body, as these bones redistribute the load. After 20 years, being impressed by this study, the engineers of Gustav Eiffel came up with the design of the famous tower.

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