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Well, we wouldn’t have the first idea, would we!The ability to measure, to judge lengths, quantities, volumes, distances etc is crucial to life itself.Even the cells of your body can measure how much adrenalin to inject into the bloodstream in the case of the “fight or flight” response.Any creature with binocular vision intrinsically “measures” the distance from tree to tree or branch to branch every time it looks at those objects. Otherwise our arboreal ancestors would have crashed to the ground and we wouldn’t be here!

Measurement, the act of defining the limits or the extent of any physical phenomena, is also at the base of all man’s scientific and cultural progress.Science without measurement merely results in what’s defined as a qualitative observation.One that’s subjective and of almost no value to anyone other than the immediate observer. Science with measurement is a quantitative observation.One that can be repeated, proven or disproven by others using the same techniques and not dependent on any interpretation whatsoever.

Measurement allows us to chart the course of the planets, tell the time, know where we are and check our children’s growth.Accurate measurement of liquids and solids is a key precursor of everyday life. Without accurate level measurement there could be no industrial society or processes.

Making beer and producing life-saving drugs may seem to have nothing in common, but both use vast quantities of dry and liquid raw materials that have to be mixed in exactly the right proportion to ensure potency and effectiveness. Both rely heavily on the use of advanced level switch technology to ensure continuous production to consistently high standards.When it comes to dispensing, we still need to measure the right dose whether it’s a pint or 5ml.

There are some cases where you need to measure, but can’t physically contact the substance being measured – either because it mustn’t be contaminated or it’s too hot or corrosive. Radar-based level transmitters provide accurate measurement on a second-by- second basis, even for substances like molten metal or acids.So we would literally be nowhere without measurement – aside maybe from unsuccessful fishermen who could really go to town about the ones that got away! Life in any meaningful sense would be impossible, unless of course you exist entirely at the quantum level, which last time I looked very few of us do!

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