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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 9407779, member: 8258"]This would be dangerous, but for the sake of not having any skin in the game and having a fun guess:</p><ol> <li>Calculate the average outside diameter of the object (transferring the ruler measurement to another device to measure width)</li> <li>Guess at the average thickness of material based on edge thickness at base, and then adjust for a thinner material for the body (possibly have a max and a min)</li> <li>Subtract the average thickness (x2) from the outside diameter to get a hollow walled cylinder</li> <li>Using those measurements and the height, calculate the weight mass based on the density of silver</li> </ol><p>Using inches:</p><ul> <li>Outside average: 1.5</li> <li>Thickness: 0.0625 (0.0625 * 2 = 0.125)</li> <li>Outside - material thickness = 1.3750</li> <li>Silver density: 0.3790 lbs/in^3</li> <li>Estimated weight of vase: 1.016 pounds</li> <li>At today's prices, its scrap value is $318.23 USD</li> </ul><p>With all that, I'll venture I'm way off <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 9407779, member: 8258"]This would be dangerous, but for the sake of not having any skin in the game and having a fun guess: [LIST=1] [*]Calculate the average outside diameter of the object (transferring the ruler measurement to another device to measure width) [*]Guess at the average thickness of material based on edge thickness at base, and then adjust for a thinner material for the body (possibly have a max and a min) [*]Subtract the average thickness (x2) from the outside diameter to get a hollow walled cylinder [*]Using those measurements and the height, calculate the weight mass based on the density of silver [/LIST] Using inches: [LIST] [*]Outside average: 1.5 [*]Thickness: 0.0625 (0.0625 * 2 = 0.125) [*]Outside - material thickness = 1.3750 [*]Silver density: 0.3790 lbs/in^3 [*]Estimated weight of vase: 1.016 pounds [*]At today's prices, its scrap value is $318.23 USD [/LIST] With all that, I'll venture I'm way off :):arghh:[/QUOTE]
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