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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Technical drawing tool (section Rulers)
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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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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Baryon acoustic oscillations (section Standard ruler)
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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Architectural drawing (section Size and scale)
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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Mercator projection (section Scale factor)
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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Engineering drawing (section Scale)
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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