24" ruler

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol

[Tim W]

I don't understand

Tim W

[fredfighter]

and the photo shows a normal ruler with scales of 32 and 20 increments to the inches on the two edges.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?

[Robatoy]

Sir, first of all, it is a rule not a ruler. A 24" ruler would be smaller than a midget and be the boss of his own country. Second, they're not 8ths, but 10ths. Plenty of disciplines use tenths as a measurment.

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[CW]

No, there's 10 tenths to the inch. I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.

[Malcolm Hoar]

A 24" ruler would rule with both feet and never put a foot wrong, right?

[CW]

True. What has that got to do with a 10ths scale?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)

/me runs away,sharpish like.

[Malcolm Hoar]

Premature extrapolation?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Sir one can use ruler or rule in this context as the object has been shown to be an item of measurment.

[Robatoy]

Rule is formal. Ruler would be okay in that language they speak along the river Cam, Sir. Maybe I have this confused with a 12 inch pianist?

r

[Edwin Pawlowski]

But can you read all those little lines? :)

[CW]

Yes, I also carry a jewlers loop.

[George E. Cawthon]

Ah, but that isn't the important question. Why is it daily graduated? Do the graduations disappear at midnight?

[CW]

[R. Pierce Butler]

"CW" wrote in news:X%mRg.423$Y24.133 @newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:

is that a loop or loupe?

[tom]

[gfretwell]

That is loupey

[Edwin Pawlowski]

You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?