straightedge

This lab manual contains 20 in-class mathematical, paper-and-pencil activities (requiring only a pencil, straightedge, and common calculator) for college students in introductory astronomy courses.

Use a sharp utility knife and a straightedge, and slice tidy strips about one-fourth inch out from the seam on both sides.

The most militant of the straightedge bands was here, and the messages that they sang so fiercely and proudly about decades ago still rings true today.

If you bought a hide or partial hide, you'll need to trim one edge straight with a long metal straightedge and a utility knife.

Put the desired items on the shelf and then use a straightedge along it.

The missing piece of the puzzle, the author argues, is provided by the practice of ancient Greek geometry: diagrams were drawn with a compass and straightedge. Thus, as actually constructed in the fifth and fourth centuries B.c., the diagram itself vindicates Plato's text.

As a straightedge to protect my checkering when I clean up under the trigger guard, I use a single edge razor blade running in the top groove as a fence to file against.

When Mike jokingly painted a brown straightedge "X" on his hand with dirty turpentine, I begged him to join my band, Charles Bronson, and he did.

Use a straightedge to ensure your cuts are uniform.

Just buy the materials from any home center and gather up a utility knife, tape measure, straightedge, saw, dust mask, and a hammer and nails.

When Manimas first heard the Pythagorean riddle: "Can we construct a circle exactly equal in area to a given square using only the compass and straightedge?" he immediately concluded that there had to be a positive answer to the riddle.