The Pocket Scientist is an every-day carry tool designed for scientists and engineers. We've packed as many handy tools and references as possible into this little laser-engraved stainless steel card to make your technical work a little easier every day.
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The Pocket Scientist is an every-day carry tool designed for scientists and engineers. We've packed as many handy tools and references as possible into this little laser-engraved stainless steel card to make your technical work a little easier every day.
1. Angle measurement and drawing tool
The left front contains a 180 degree arc for measuring and drawing angles. The long lines are every 10 degrees and short lines are every 5 degrees. The straight line cutout denotes 90 degrees and can help to quickly draw right angles.
To draw or measure your own angle:
- Align a starting straight line to the flat edge on the outside of the tool.
- Add a center dot to denote your vertex, in the gap at the center of the arc tool.
- Add a dot at the angle you wish to draw. If measuring, find the angle where the line to be measured intersects.
- Slide away The Pocket Scientist and use the straight edge to connect your dots and complete your angle.
2. Arc drawing tools (inches and centimeters)
The through holes lines up with major inch and centimeter markings are for drawing arcs and circles of the corresponding radii.
To draw a 6 centimeter radius 60 degree arc:
- Create a vertex, 0 degree and 60 degree dots using the angle drawing tool described above
- Line up the half-hole at 0 cm to your vertex dot and the 6 cm hole to your 0 degree angle dot.
- Using two pencils (or one pencil and a sharp narrow object), put one in each hold 