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

 MvV> Ah, yes of course. Get a rope and lower the barometer to the street
 MvV> from  above as in one of the previous solutions. But instead of
 MvV> measuring the length of the rope, bring it into swing and
 MvV> measure the frequency.

I thought the tick-tocks should have reminded one of a pendulum.
Further down, after many blank lines to hide it, I suggested using
piano wire for tensile strength.  I thought a small cross section
would help with both air resistance and wind induced harmonic
vibrations.

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