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A pointed brass or steel weight hung from a string. Gravity makes the string exactly vertical, so it carries a point straight down through a floor or up to a ceiling. Still the simplest and most accurate way to plumb tall work.
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Still the simplest way to transfer a point down through a floor. No batteries to die.