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It's designed to measure short distances more accurately than a ruler or tape measure, specifically the outside or inside opposing faces of an object. An example of it's use is to measure the outside diameter of a pipe.
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What are the Basic concepts of Vernier calipers?
A Vernier caliper has many parts. Some of the main parts include an inside jaw, which performs measurements, the depth probe, which finds the depth, and outside jaws, which measure external lengths.
What is the material of vernier caliper?
Vernier Caliper are made with different materials even plastic vernier calipers are also available in market however generally stainless steel is used in making of vernier calipers
Is used to find the length of a pencil eraser-vernier caliper or screw gauge?
Former i.e. Vernier Caliper
How can you make your vernier callipers more sensitive or more accurate?
the instrument can be made more sensitive by making vernier constant less ie by incresing the no of division on vernier scale or by decreasing the value of main scale.
What is vernier protractor?
its to measure your poo
What is function of dial vernier caliper?
A vernier calliper is used to measure the diameter of a wire so that you can work out its cross-sectional area using the formula for the area of a circle.
Least count of vernier calliper?
.02mm
Define the term zero error of vernier calliper?
The zero error of vernier calliper is defined as :-The zero error is equal to the distance between the zero of the main scale and the zero of the vernier scale.
Who invented the vernier calliper?
Portuguese mathematician, aljs
What are the physical quantities of a vernier calliper?
The gradations are in micrometres.
Why cannot a meter scale be used instead of a vernier calliper?
It can, but the vernier is capable of a more accurate reading.
What is the least count of vernier calliper and screw gauge?
0.02
Can you use a vernier calliper?
yes.it is very simple to use it.
Why screw gauge is more precise?
Screw gauge is more precise than vernier calliper because it can measure small objects upto 0.001cm while vernier calliper can measure objects upto 0.01cm.
Which three measurements can be taken with a vernier calliper?
well it depends on what actual type it is, for there is many versions of the vernier and it can be inchs feet and centimeters
A vernier calliper has 20 divisions on the vernier scale one centimeter on main scale is divided into 20equal parts Find the least count of vernier parts?
0.1 mm
What instrument can be used to measure both internal and external diameter?
vernier calliper scale. give us reading upto two places right side from decimal
