Dear Dr. Kumar: I can tell you how: one puts the magnifier on the fabric to be tested and counts warps and wefts criss- crossing each other within a given length/sides of a square, say one centimeter or an inch whatever is the standard for the country or century or industry.... as in linen: it is centimeter, cotton fabrics, again centimeters, jute fabrics it used to be inches.... and I think still is....
and such magnifying lenses come quite handy for quick inspection of fabrics, and be non -destructive... one could count threads even in a shop on the entire roll .... how do I know this? i had taken some economic botany classes and some esoteric knowledge lodged in my memory....ha ha... usha di ======= On May 9, 7:12 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice discussion going on here. > Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful pic and innovative effort for > taking the measurements. > Gurcharan sir, Just incase you wish to try, there is a shop on chandni > chowk before the gurudrawa on the road that goes inside opposite to > red fort. They keep varieties of scientific pocket lenses which can > come handy for taking such pictures. > But what I am seeing here is something for the first time. Dear Mr. > Alok thanks a lot for sharing the link. > By the way, any idea, how they test linen with it? > Pankaj > > On May 8, 6:17 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Usha di > > It was simple. I have a flat bed scanner, simple cano-scan lite which I > > bought for just Rs. 2500/-, which I use frequently for scanning documents. I > > knew it can save as pdf document, but did not know how I would send so many > > single pages. I thought of giving a try, and when I clicked option of pdf > > document, the default choice was multiple-page document. I scanned a page, > > pressed next, till I had scanned all the pages. Pressing finish created a > > mult-ipage document which I uploaded. I have similarly made pdf of all my > > papers. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:58 AM, ushadi Micromini > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Dear Alok: good ...good... > > > we are then back to being comfortable and easy... > > > we will / do have fun .... here... don't we? > > > love it... > > > Usha di. > > > > --------- > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Alok Mahendroo > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> No offense taken at all.. Usha di, please...!! > > >> Such comments (as Gurcharan ji said) keep the atmosphere lighter.. and I > > >> have no grudges > > >> in that respect... One jests with the people who would understand the > > >> humour and I too am writing in the lighter vein.... > > > >> Thank you all... > > >> regards > > >> Alok > > > >> On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 22:32 +0530, ushadi Micromini wrote: > > >> > Dear Alok: sorry... jesting at anybody is not my intention.... I was > > >> > just pointing it out that measuring device you used was very > > >> > appropriate and handy... with or without its magnifying capability.... > > > >> > so whether one has a macro of nikon's making or not.... one still > > >> > needs to provide the taxonomists with proper id related data, and in > > >> > photography that includes size.... > > > >> > please do not take it as a jest at anybody's expense... > > >> > if anything I tend to be self-deprecating.... > > > >> > most humbly yours, Usha di > > > >> > PS MAKESHIFT DEVICES : often are used by people who are more than > > >> > most innovative.... and in Medicine..its called off-list-use...often > > >> > awarding the innovator a second patent or an award... so please donot > > >> > ever think you are deprived... > > >> > you have an innovative brain, if you came up with this "second" use of > > >> > the linen testor.... or if you adopted it for taxonomic > > >> > photography....accept my good wishes....usha di.... > > > >> -- > > >> Himalayan Village Education Trust > > >> Village Khudgot, > > >> P.O. Dalhousie > > >> District Chamba > > >> H.P. 176304, India > > >>www.hive.interconnection.org > > >>www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > >>www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
