Dial Vernier Caliper
difference is that instead of a double scale, as on the
vernier caliper, the dial vernier has the inches marked
only along the main body of the caliper and a dial that
A dial vernier caliper (fig. 1-10) looks much like
indicates thousandths (0.001) of an inch. The range
a standard vernier caliper and is also graduated in
of the dial vernier caliper is usually 6 inches.
one-thousandths (0.001) of an inch. The main
28.315
Figure 1-10.--Dial vernier caliper.
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