Plate 452
Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Italy, is the bell tower of the city's cathedral.
- Family
- Landmarks
- Origin
- Raised from a recipe
- Habit
- Diurnal: kept on the page
- Voice
- Yes, with the sound on
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play
Tap to drop two balls from the top. Set the lean in the Splash tab.
Notes
Building began in 1173, and the tower started to lean while it was still being built, because the ground under it is soft; it took about 200 years to finish. Engineers straightened it a little from 1990 to 2001, and it now leans about 4 degrees.
The story goes that Galileo dropped two balls of different weights from the top to show that they fall together. Tap it and try it: a big iron ball and a small bronze one roll off the top and land at the same moment. Set the lean with the Lean slider in the Splash tab.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop two balls | Tap | ||
| Lean | Slider | 0 to 100% | 35% |
| Drop | Button |
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,681 at Low, and up to 750,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.