who measured the ruler and who measured the instrument that measured the ruler....confusing!?!?!
2007-06-19 07:19:12 · 5 answers · asked by Redhouse5 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you mean "ruler" that measures inches or centimeters, the answer is that the "foot" ruler was what the King of England's foot was. The yard was from the tip of his nose to the tip of his finger. The hand (now used only to measure how tall a horse is) was the width of the King's hand, and so forth.
If you meant who measures the King, it is history.
2007-06-19 07:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first person to separate from nature and create the idea of 'self' had to take reality and imagine distance between subject(self) and object(everything else). The first question of 'how far' created the need for distance measurement just as 'how long' created the need for duration measurement. Speculating I would guess that the need was satisfied by using a consistent and recognizable object to gage distance. Maybe fingers or hands at first until the social need for standardization brought tick marks on a stick.
I'm only answering this because it's here. You will get nothing from either the question or the answer that can help you.
2007-06-19 15:25:02 · answer #2 · answered by @@@@@@@@ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the need for more consistancy increases, the standards of weights and measures adapt. Right now, for example, two germanium crystals are being carefully sculpted, as precisely as humanly possible, into 1-kilogram spheres. The old standard kilogram balls were made of platinum, but their weight has changed because of radioactive decay of an isotope in the platinum.
As for "who", the U.S.A.'s National Bureau of Standards is one; there's another in Europe, and I suppose Russia and China probably have theirs, too.
Some of the standards have been redefined in terms of natural things that never change, like the speed of light, the wavelength of light from a certain ionized atom, or the mass of a proton.
2007-06-19 18:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You contemplate the irrelevant unless you are just curious about the history of measurement. Every unit of measurement has a starting point, usually a practical object that was frequently used.
2007-06-19 14:46:08 · answer #4 · answered by ycats 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are u on bout i dont think the instrument or ruler is confusin its uuuuu whose confusin Y waste point on **** like that lol
2007-06-19 14:23:27 · answer #5 · answered by Nimz B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋