Re: [aroid-l] Universal measuring device
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Universal measuring device
- From: M*@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:58:27 -0400
"G. D. M." <doji@interpac.net> wrote:
>A solid object is easier to carry, and less subject to damage than a metric plastic, wood, or metal measuring device, and is less subject to damage. This may be a futile gesture, but I think that the collective international minds reading and contributing to this forum might be able to determine a universally available object that would work.
>
When I photograph plants, I tend to include a standard #2 pencil. True, the length of the pencil changes as it is used; but all standard #2 pencils I have seen are the same diameter, and this can be used to judge the length. And, a pencil is an item one is likely to have anyway, whether working with specimans in the greenhouse or the field.
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large
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