Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — The Swaying of Chimneys [ARTICLE]

The Swaying of Chimneys

Observations upon tho sway of tall chimneys during high winds show that one 115 in height and four feet in total diameter at the top waved twentyinches during a heavy gale, and another 164 feet high, but with a six and one-half feet diameter of flue, moved through an arc of only six and onehalf inches.