Cameras were calibrated by placing an object of known length (
meterstick) at the approximate center of rotation of the dancer.
Materials: nitrile gloves * 6 sticks of any sugary chewing gum * timer * cup containing 100 ml of ice water * cup containing 100 ml of warm water * thermometer * paper towels *
meterstick * paper and pencil
In public, journeymen wear distinctive travelling garb, their trousers sewn with pockets deep enough to hold a folded
meterstick or a bottle of beer.
We had barely begun the conversation when someone made the mistake of mentioning "kids constructing their own knowledge." Immediately I heard a shuffling sound and turned my head just in time to avoid being hit by an enflamed colleague swinging a
meterstick back and forth with both hands, like a fireman at a three-story blaze, shouting, "And then--look out!
Determining how to use only one
meterstick when the students were taller than a meter was the first significant problem that arose during measurement.
A yardstick,
meterstick, or some other straightedge is also useful.
Comparing this speed with the observed change in position, the team calculated a distance that they call "the golden
meterstick in the glass case."
"He probably doesn't realize that he uses the metric system every day." Jordan just gets angry, slapping a
meterstick into his open palm and begging me to point Brown out to him.
newspapers * shoebox * 4 cups flour * 4 cups salt * index card * cinnamon or paprika * different sized marbles *
meterstick * ruler
The notion of length, as measured with a
meterstick or surveying devices, however, could tell in each case which pair was closer together than the other pair.
In this case, a line of reasoning akin to that used in the
meterstick example would commit Kripke to holding that there is something the person would thereby come to know a priori.
