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Index of Subjects Jamie Experiencing a little cabin fever? Good luck. Share your success or lack of with the rest of us, please. Virginia Redden PS We wondered the same and used a GPS to ease our minds. Jamie Simpson wrote: > Does any one know a McGyver method of determining elevation? In an idle > moment I decided I want to know how high my house is above sea level. > > I live on a hill with quite a good view including the Minas Basin below > me and about 1 KM east, which would constitute sea level I expect. > > I could probably find a topographical map but I was wondering if there > was some way to build a device from things around the kitchen - duct > tape, paper clips, a pocket calculator... > > Trigonometry or Pythagorean method would probably work if I knew > distances to points of reference which I don't, nor do I possess a sextant. -- The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel
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