• A scale ruler is a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length; two common examples are an architect's scale and...
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    A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read...
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  • Spatial scale, a classification of sizes Scale ruler, a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length Vernier scale, the...
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    Slide rule (redirect from Slide ruler)
    by aligning the two rulers and reading the approximate result. For example, a number to be multiplied on one logarithmic-scale ruler can be aligned with...
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  • A variscale is variable length mechanical scale (ruler) designed to directly measure latitude and longitude on USGS maps. Roos, M., 1967. Variscale stereo...
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  • Edmund Gunter (redirect from Gunter (ruler))
    invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale. In 1620, he invented the first successful analogue device which he developed...
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    chisels, scale rulers and triangle rulers. Excavations in Pompeii have found a bronze tool kit used by the Romans, which contained triangle rulers, compasses...
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    T gauge (redirect from T scale)
    available, as is a street decoration decal sheet, which comes with a scale ruler to aid in the placement of markings and details. One unusual side effect...
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    A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass. These are also known as mass scales, weight scales, mass balances, massometers, and weight...
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  • (disambiguation) Unigraph wikt:Diagraph, a combination of a protractor and a scale ruler This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Digraph...
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    matter clustering provides a "standard ruler" for length scale in cosmology. The length of this standard ruler is given by the maximum distance the acoustic...
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    additional lag. Further, a video scaler must be used when displaying non-native resolutions, which adds yet more time lag. Scaling and post processing are usually...
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    drawing set, that consisted of compass, technical pens, templates, inks, scale ruler and other tools. One year later, the "Micronorm" was added to the technical...
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  • Star Ruler is a space 4X / RTS hybrid developed and published by American company Blind Mind Studios. Star Ruler was first announced on July 5, 2009 in...
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    A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype). Scale models are generally smaller than large prototypes...
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    making it one of the best available materials for measurement scales and technical drawing rulers. Alternative materials of the era were ivory, paper, and...
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    then either measured on a separate ruler and then converted to the actual distance, or measured directly on a scale drawn on the map. On a nautical chart...
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    ruler. On a one-eighth inch to one-foot scale drawing, the one-eighth divisions on the ruler can be read off as feet. Architects normally use a scale...
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    scale on the map, then the rhumb distance between map points with latitudes φ1 and φ2 is given by the above. If there is no such scale then the ruler...
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    presence of a large-scale ruler (KFI, II, III, V); a large-scale ruler or deity being carried atop a platform (KF III, VI); a sitting ruler presiding over...
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    principles of presentation Light plot Linear scale Patent drawing Scale rulers: architect's scale and engineer's scale Specification (technical standard) Structural...
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  • George Serle and Anthony Thompson in 1658 on a ruler. There are two scales: the latitude scale and the hour scale. They can be used to draw all gnomonic dials...
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    Libra (♎︎; Ancient Greek: Ζυγός, romanized: Zygós, Latin for "scales") is the seventh astrological sign in the zodiac. It spans 180°–210° celestial longitude...
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  • A sparse ruler is a ruler in which some of the distance marks may be missing. More abstractly, a sparse ruler of length L {\displaystyle L} with m {\displaystyle...
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  • Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 525. "The Ruler's Back". EW.com. "**** SLICK RICK "The Ruler's Back" Def Jam : Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five...
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  • sum. On 5 April 2024, Bloomberg News reported that the project had been scaled back as a result of restrictions over funding by the PIF. Bloomberg cited...
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    The Scale of the Universe is an interactive online visualization tool and website first created in 2010 by twins Cary and Michael Huang, based in Moraga...
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    a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of the Three Sovereigns...
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    that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an indigenous ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the...
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    Parallel rulers are a drafting instrument used by navigators to draw parallel lines on charts. The tool consists of two straight edges joined by two arms...
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