Louisiana State University's huge Jack Torrance made his world record shot-put of 57 ft. 1 in. in 1934 at Oslo. If he had made exactly the same throw at New York or Rome, the shot would have traveled one inch farther; if at Madras, two inches fartherbecause of differences in the force of gravity. Moreover, since the field at Oslo was not checked by surveying instruments, there may have been an undetected inch of deviation from absolute flatness. In that case the throw would have been an inch longer or shorter, depending on whether...
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