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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jose Campos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list