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Re: absolute pressure



I suspect the reason no one (besides FP) replied is because the ones who
would have already -- It's a rather old story.

bc who's too lazy to find it in the archive.

P.s there are a number of versions.

Fran Poodry wrote:

In a message dated 6/5/02 7:13:08 PM, LISTSERV@lists.nau.edu writes:

BTW.Do you remember how can you find the height of a building using a
mercury barometer???

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we have found ingenious ways to measure the heights of our
buildings with mercury barometers)

I don't think anyone actually responded to this part of Herb's posting. As I
recall, you go to the building superintendent and say, "If you will tell me
the height of this building, I will give you this nice barometer."

Only 7 days of school left!
-Fran Poodry
Williamstown High School
Williamstown, NJ