MM> The student had answered:  'Take the barometer to the top of the
 MM> building, attach a long rope to it, lower the barometer to the street
 MM> and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope.  The length of
 MM> the rope is the height of the building.'

 MM> So - outside of the solutions above,  any novel methods ?

Here's another one, that might come to one sitting in Church
observing a chandelier, no doubt during a rather boring sermon:

(Do you know what it is yet?  If you know your history of physics
that should be hint enough.  ;-)

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Have a friend take the barometer to the top of the building.
Attach, oh, let's say a spool of piano wire to the barometer,
and let it down till it nearly touches the ground.  Pull the
barometer aside and release it.  Time the period of its
swings.

Paul Rogers, paulgrogers{at}yahoo.com                       -o)
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