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Herrick letter: Sequoia tree move

In your article about moving the sequoia tree it was stated the workers would work on leveling the tree. I believe the correct term would be plumbing the tree. The definition of level is “a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.” Plum is defined “as a test (upright surface) to determine the vertical.

Brad Herrick, Eagle

This story was originally published July 5, 2017 at 11:31 PM with the headline "Herrick letter: Sequoia tree move."

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