Eli5 How do you create a ruler without a ruler?

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How do you create a thing which is straight, when you don’t have a thing which is straight to create it with?

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Nothing is perfectly straight on an atomic level. You make things that are straight enough and work with what you have. Then you work on those things over time to make them slightly better for the job you’re trying to do.

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