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Everything around us is made up of a fascinating combination of elements and components, each ranging in their intricacy. Add or subtract here or there, and you get soda water instead of water, or erroneously, vinegar instead of wine. Add time into this synthesis and not only is every individual thing in our environment made up of a complex and totally different set of elements, it is all constantly in a state of flux.
So, not to be defeated by our environment, humans have sought out almost every way conceivable to explore, prod and measure just about everything around us.
This publication continues in that tradition, with a range of instruments combined with an exploration of the linear.
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My favourite tree: Oak, common (Quercus robur) Height: 4,724 picas (20m)
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Cirrus Cloud Altitude: Above 1,653,543 picas (7,000m)
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Scotch Tape at 33.5ยบ
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Latitude: 55.75996054158394 55° 45’ 35.859”
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Longitude: -5.06044864654541 -5° 3’ 37.6164”
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68,158,080 Penny Black Stamps came into use on 6 May, 1840
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1st class stamp has 14 x 14 perforations
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Length of 400kV National Grid: 2,716,535,430 picas (11,500 km)
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Sunshine Duration July Average for Bute = 170-180 (1971 -2000 Met Office averages)
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Our window to the point, Kilchattan Bay 2,227,000mm (526,063 picas)
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Anaglypta (originally of a cotton and paper pulp) was created by Thomas Palmer and introduced in 1887.
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Mediterranean = CMYK 53.0.2.0
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More than 250,000 skiers have used Scotland’s five resorts this year.
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Pair of compasses Radius = 12.426378 picas (52.605mm)
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The diameter of the penalty spot could not be found
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4,747,537 visits made to Tate Modern in 2009
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Michael Dancer / Principal 160 Queens Drive Glasgow G42 8QN T 0141 424 0401 M 07769 866203 E michaeldancer@dancer65.plus.com
Š Michael Dancer 2010