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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.
If you don't yet have your own, you can order your Pocket Scientist through our store or through Amazon (Prime eligible).
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:
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:
To draw an arc with a 0.5 cm, 0.5 inch, 0.25 inch or 0.125 inch increment:
The Pocket Scientist contains a full periodic table. The Lanthanide and Actinide series’ are at the bottom and a double-thick vertical line denotes where they are inserted in the upper periods. The left side contains a quick reference atomic number for the Group I elements. For Group and Period, simply count from one left-to-right and top-to-bottom respectively.
The centimeter side is marked to each 1, 5 and 10 mm while the inches side is marked down to the 1/32nd inch where each smaller unit has a shorter mark line. Note that the origin (zero) side starts flat (flush) to the edge of the tool. This allows you to easily measure the height or depth of an object on a flat surface. For the highest precision on paper, start your line at the “1” marking instead of the edge. For machinists, we’ve also included a small mils ruler on the right edge. Each long line is 100 mil apart, while the shortest lines are 10 mil apart.
Simply insert a sturdy credit card into this slot, about three fourths of its length and set on a flat surface. Lay your phone horizontally against The Pocket Scientist and now you have a pop-up phone stand! This takes a little practice and may not work with thick phone cases, large phones or flexible credit cards. Test it gently at first to ensure you don’t snap your credit card from the weight of your phone.
The top right of the card has a small hexagon which will help loosen a quarter inch hex bolt and doubles as a place to clip a carabiner or keychain.
Scan the QR code with your phone each calendar month to view a private page just for card holders. This QR code is obscured in product photos online, so think of this as an exclusive bonus of being a card holder! Each month, we’ll replace the page with new content such as fun science nuggets, science jokes, new resources we’ve found or created, news or upcoming events and discounts on new product launches just for card holders! Our goal is to bring you value, fun and happiness with every scan.
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