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Article #2433Re: BAROMETERS (was Re: Subject?)
From: SCOTT I CHASE
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:49
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:49
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In article <1992Sep10.031106.3196@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, mcia@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mike Ciaraldi) writes... >Actually, you can use the pendulum method without a ruler >if you have a long enough rope. Lower the barometer out the >window until it just clears the ground. Set it swinging and >measure the period of oscillation. You can derive the length of the rope >from the period. If the building is tall enough, you are going to need an awfully long and heavy rope. This method probably won't work without a scale to weigh the rope and a more sophisticated formula than sqrt(L/M). -Scott -------------------- Scott I. Chase "The question seems to be of such a character SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV that if I should come to life after my death and some mathematician were to tell me that it had been definitely settled, I think I would immediately drop dead again." - Vandiver
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