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| Gary Istok wrote in message <36E955E1.75B33582@u...ch.edu>... (...) I've built an Empire State Building on a scale of 1 brick = 1 floor. My original plans were for 2 bricks = 1 floor, but I soon realized the folly of my ways when I came to the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Ummmm, If you make your buildings solid, the factor is 8! Think about is starting with a 1x1 brick. If you double each dimension, you have a 2x2x2 volume, which is 8 1x1s. Even a 1 brick/floor empire state building is going to be awfully tall! (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) 2x2x2 (...) Duh.... Of course, your right. Volume would increase by the cube; the square only gets you area. That's probably why I was comming up with ~ 4x difference; I was just estimating brick counts for the four faces, not for the full (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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