IAS Aroid Quasi Forum

About Aroid-L
 This is a continuously updated archive of the Aroid-L mailing list in a forum format - not an actual Forum. If you want to post, you will still need to register for the Aroid-L mailing list and send your postings by e-mail for moderation in the normal way.

  Re: [aroid-l] Universal measuring device
From: MossyTrail at cs.com on 2004.05.11 at 04:58:27(11492)
"G. D. M." 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

+More
Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.