It is a long ruler that is 3 times as long as the usual 12-inch ruler. Most of them are made of wood. Sometimes they are hinged so that they can be folded, and because of their size, t… See more

Originally, a yard was the length of a man’s belt or girdle, as it was called. King Henry I of England fixed the yard as the distance from his nose to the thumb of his outstretche… See more

The yardstick is used to work on a medium scale. It is used for objects that are larger than a desktop, but objects that are smaller than large-scale infrastructure work. These are applica… See more

To use a yardstick, we must first understand the divisions on the yardstick. It not only represents feet and inches but also fractions of inches. It makes the measurem… See more