In High School, we used meter sticks in chemistry class to measure the length of laboratory glass tubing to calculate its volume (this was to measure the quantity yield of some chemical reactions). We also used them in our Earth Science class to measure the depth of soil temperature thermometers after we removed them from the ground. -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:44 PM Subject: [USMA:26808] Re: Some hope for the future > Bill Potts wrote: > > It's a rigid wooden ruler, one meter in length. > > That is what I thought. I know the expression 'yardstick' but I did not > think of it as referring to an artefact that anybody used today. > > I have never seen a meter or yard stick. I can't imagine that anyone I know > has one. Does anybody here have a yard or meter stick? What are the > circumstances where it is used? >
