[meteorite-list] Centimeter cubes on the cheap

From: Michael L Blood <*mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:15:56 -0700 Message-ID: <C2A151DC.36CA8%mlblood_at_cox.net> · mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com

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"This is a large unopened bag of 500 size 10 size cubes for hangers.
The black plastic cubes measure about 13 mm across..."
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        The ad would seem to be in contradiction with you...
        Best wishes, Michael
on 6/21/07 9:10 PM, Sterling K. Webb at sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Hi, All,
> 
>   While waiting for the "real thing" to come along,
> besides the cheap multi-colored centimeter cubes
> for kiddies that are sold on eBay, there are these:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.ie/LARGE-BAG-OF-500-SIZE-CUBES-new-unopened-size-10_W0QQitemZ3
> 30025235543QQihZ014QQcategoryZ46701QQcmdZViewItem
> 
>   It seems the EU insists on a standardized marker to
> indicate women's dress size on garments sold in the
> aforementioned EU. It must be black, must be one
> centimeter, and must have the dress size in white on
> all four sides.
>   Size 10 cubes are 10 millimeters on a side,
> conveniently, and at least one UK dealer in meteorites
> uses them in his photos. They are about 5 cents apiece.
>   On the minus side, they have no bottoms and a flexi-
> hole in the top. (Could you cut up a spare cube and add
> the two missing faces?)
> 
> 
> Sterling
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul" <bristolia at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:55 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Centimeter cubes
> 
> 
> Does anyone know why the specific letters, which are
> found on a standard centimeter cube, were originally
> chosen?
> 
> Svend wrote:
> 
>> thanks for your kind words on the scalecube story. No,
>> the cubes circulating with the broad engravings and
>> the "1cm" gimmick are a follow up product done by
>> someone else. They also use a different font than the
>> original NASA type cubes.
> 
> I have to wonder if ten years from now, there will be
> people collecting the different types of scalecubes /
> centimeter cubes as people on this list are collecting
> meteorites. I can just see people searching for a Drake
> centimeter cube for their collection as a person would
> look for either a Thuathe or a Brahin for their collection.
> 
>> However, every cubeless collector is free to choose
>> what product serves best his duties. And we encourage
>> everyone who whants to give it a try to produce his or
>> her own cubes. Its a free market, and hey, in the end
>> its just a cube ;)
> 
> Maybe someone can convince the Geological Society
> of America to make and sell them as they sell grain-size
> cards, field photoscales, field notebooks, and other
> stuff used by geologists. It seems to me that geologists,
> paleontologists, and even archaeologists would benefit
> by using the centimeter cube instead the bizarre
> collection of coins, keys, photoscales, and other
> objects used as a scale in pictures of rocks, fossils,
> and artifacts. I will be using centimeter cubes for
> scale in the pictures of rocks, fossils, and artifacts,
> which I take to illustrate articles and papers.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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