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From: tdh@frog.UUCP (T. Dave Hudson)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: using a barometer to ... (pointer needed)
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 17:00:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 17:00:42 1985
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>>I remember seeing published somwhere (Reader's Digest? Games?)
>>a canonical list of ways to measure the height of a building using
>>a barometer (throw if off the roof and measure the time to hit the
>>ground, etc.).  I'm not suggesting that we recreate the list -- I'm 
>>just asking for a pointer to it.  Can anyone help?
>>--
>>David.Anderson@cmu-cs-k.ARPA   ..!seismo!cmu-cs-k!dba   (412) 422-1255

Sometime around 1973 or 1974 I got the question in a quiz in high school.
I thought it was a stupidly obvious question and got a little creative with
the answers.  The teacher chided me when returning the quizes, so I told
him it was a stupid question and he said that no it wasn't (but didn't
say why).  A classmate asked to see and then to borrow my quiz.  Now I am
wondering if that incident figures into all this.  I'd like to see any
references for the list also.

					David Hudson