Re: How to measure a skyscraper

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From: Gordon
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:31

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"Jake" <Nope@what.com> wrote in
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> 
> "Anthony Matonak" <anthonym40@nothing.like.comcast.net> wrote in
> message news:SeKdnTCv-vAtPZTYnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:
>>> "Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a
>>> barometer." 
>> ...
>> What a wonderful story. Now if only it were true. :)
>> http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/barometer.asp
>>
>>
> My doubts came from the time frame. Niels Bohr was born in 1885 which
> would place him in college during the first decade of the 20th
> century. I may be wrong but don't think there was anything approaching
> a skyscraper then. Don't know if it was first but the Empire State
> Building wasn't opened til 1931. 
> 
> 

Well the Empire State Building was hardly the first sky scraper
built.  The Flatiron building at 22 stories and built in 1903
is considered the first sky scraper.  But it's Wiki entry mentions
the PArk Avenue Building that is taller and was built eirlier.

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From: Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com>
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