Story by Edgar Allan Poe: "the Pit and the __"
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Physics, Group 1896, Puzzle 1 (Dorothy Vaughan).
Question is: Story by Edgar Allan Poe: "the Pit and the __"
and the answer is: PENDULUM
Word Meaning:
PENDULUM — (clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
Definitions from Wiktionary.