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RE: It's Snowing!!!


  • Subject: RE: It's Snowing!!!
  • From: "Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:46:12 -0000


Malcolm Lansell <mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx> scribbled on
22
February 2005 12:26:
> If the ruler was heated slightly, no snow would stick to it,
> hence reduced drifting error.
>
> Perhaps a metal rod mounted vertically, marked at 1" intervals
(or
> alternatively in centimetres for you kids), with some of that
> heater wire
> that is used to stop pipes freezing wrapped around it.  Add
> the webcam and away you go ;-)

Ahh, but if it melts the snow around the stick, you'll get a dip.
You'll need to automate the temperature of the heating element ;-)

Cheers,
Andy
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http://www.andylaurence.co.uk




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