Fw: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more

From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:51 2004
Message-ID: <000f01c3740e$cecad7b0$cbc216d5_at_computername>

Hi Tom and List,

I suppose a blank cube works, as long as it's of a known size.
BTW use goggle to search for "centimeter cubes" - there are a few sites in
the USA offering 1x1x1cm cubes (with no letters), in wood or in plastic,
with diferent colours, to be mainly used as educational tools for kids at
schools: 500 cubes, with 50 cubes per 10 diff. colours, costs US $13.95 -
and each 1x1x1=1cm3 cube weighs 1 gram ( Norbert is right, they ARE METRIC).
Moni - Thanks for you info too - and a nice week-end to you all.
José Campos

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
To: "Jose Campos" <josecamposcomet_at_netcabo.pt>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more


> Hi List, We do not seem to know for sure what the letters on the cube
stand
> for, so do they even need to be there? Can a blank cube work?
> Thanks, Tom
> Peregrineflier <><
> The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_netcabo.pt>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:54 PM
> Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more
>
>
> > Hey Sergey!
> >
> > Tks for the link to the pic! And for the info.
> > Now THAT is a cube! (..."proportional" to the size of the meteorite?
LOL!)
> >
> > Norbert,
> >
> > Tks for you info too. I kind of thought that perhaps the other (visible)
> > letters of the cube on several photos that I have seen, might stand for
> > North, South, East and West, but I was not sure. As B for Bottom, I did
> not
> > know about that - I have never seen these cubes other than in photos.
But
> > why the N1? Could the 1 (or a vertical line) be there to help place the
> cube
> > correctly in order to avoid confusion with a Z? And what about the S1
(or
> a
> > vertical line)?
> >
> > Tom,
> > BTW on a lighter note, "if Top stands for TOM, then perhaps the Bottom
> > should stand for...JERRY?)
> > José Campos
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sergey Vasiliev" <svassiliev_at_iol.cz>
> > To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more
> >
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > > Guess the size of the cube and day time ;-)
> > > http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/sv-meteorites/fun1.asp
> > > Regards,
> > > Sergey
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Jose, and all,
> > > >
> > > > As to the 10x10x10mm cubes you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Perhaps the T on the cube stands for "Top"?
> > > > > What about the other letters?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the T stands for "Top". The other letters
> > > > are B, E, N, W, S - so guess what? They stand for:
> > > >
> > > > B = Bottom
> > > > E = East
> > > > N = North
> > > > W = West
> > > > S = South
> > > >
> > > > The cube is not only used as a scale (at least
> > > > not in the documentation of Antarctic finds),
> > > > but also to indicate the exact spatial location
> > > > of the meteorite at his find location. Good
> > > > idea, isn't it ;-? However, I've seen more than
> > > > one case (in non-Antarctic use) where the
> > > > photographer obviously wasn't aware of this
> > > > "secondary function" of the cube.
> > > >
> > > > Hope I helped clearing this issue beyond its
> > > > arithmetic implications. As far as I'm concerned
> > > > I have NO idea why some folks still stick to
> > > > anachronistic measures such as "inch", "foot",
> > > > or "yard". Time to adopt to the metric system,
> > > > isn't it ;-? BTW, these cubes ARE metric, at
> > > > least the original ones used by the ANSMET.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Norbert
> > > >
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