[meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / Orientation cube

From: matt <metlist_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:08:01 +0000
Message-ID: <4B9DDCD1.6070206_at_plu.to>

The first time I heard of a 1 inch cube was on this list, somebody linked to
some old NASA images where an inch scale cube was used. So it is not entirely
without precedence.

Personally I'd only use a cm cube, but that's my choice, I see no problem with
people selling them. For the international market it makes more sense than some
other objects used for scale (the dime springs to mind, I know how big an inch
is, but not this coin! Incidentally, I don't need anybody telling me either - I
obviously could find out if I needed to...).

Matt.

Shawn Alan wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I think with the naming thing is cool, I like it, but what can be confusing is the standard size being converted to the "new" inch size from the standard cm size which is used with metal cubes. Yes, you did convey to the viewers the "new" inch size by only inscribing INCH on one side. Now when the viewer wins the "new" inch cube he/she will only be able to use the inch side that is inscribed because if the other sides are used people will think that its a cm cube size which is the standard size that has been used in orientation cubes for many decades. Now by introducing a new orientation cube size this could make things confusing on referencing the size of a meteorite in relation with the "new" inch orientation cube.
>
> Shawn Alan
>
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> Hi Shawn, I am having fun with the whole naming thing.
>
> The one inch cube has "1 INCH" stamped on it on the "T" side.
>
> It is my understanding that a scale cube can be any size that is
> appropriate to represent the sample. No rules. Many are not marked and the size of
> the reference item (cube or otherwise) is conveyed to the image viewers in
> the text accompanying the photo.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/14/2010 9:50:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> photophlow at yahoo.com writes:
> Hi Tom and List,
>
> I like the direction your going with the wooden orientation cubes, however
> I have a question. You had said......
>
> "First off, I want you all to know I am not taking this
> seriously, just having fun with it."
>
> Now when you say your just just having fun with this and not taking this
> seriously, is this in reference to the sizes of the new orientation cubes?
> Why I ask is because when I was looking at some of the images that you had
> posted on eBay with the new inch orientation cubes, I wasn't able to tell
> which one was the inch cube and which on was the cm cube.I think this could
> cause problems with documenting the size by using the inch orientation cubes
> instead of cm cubes for reference of size. I feel there is a reason why in
> science and meteorite science the metric system is used as a standard
> practices for measuring/documentation, if there wasn't standard size in
> measuring, science would be a mess.
>
> Now I think if you made the inch orientation cube ornate looking and
> pushed the humor by altering it so it doesn't resemble the cm wooden orientation
> cubes, I could see people not getting confused with the inch orientation
> cube and they would see the humor in it.
>
> Shawn Alan
>
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> Sun Mar 14 19:48:40 EDT 2010
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> Hi List, First off, I want you all to know I am not taking this
> seriously, just having fun with it.
>
> About a month ago I came up with the "Martin" cube. A wood centimeter
> scale / orientation cube that would look good next to historic meteorites.
> Hence the nick name "Martin Cube".
>
> Well as it happened, I had just sent Count some Martin cubes when he made
> his fantastic record setting 14.7 Kg Nevada chondrite find. I got to
> thinking the little centimeter cube would look rather insignificant next
> to the
> monster. So I made some 1 inch cubes.
>
> (I wanted to stay metric but I also wanted to keep to even numbers or the
> whole scale easy size reference thing goes out the window. One inch is
> about 25mm.)
>
> I listed some on eBay in sets of three cubes; 1 Martin Cube, 1 new style
> cube with "CM" to designate centimeter and 1 Count Cube (The big one!).
>
> The link is at
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260569117864&ssPageName=S
>
> TRK:MESELX:IT
>
> Thanks, Tom
>
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