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What scientific instruments are used to measure distance?

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September 18, 2010 12:39PM

By size, they would include a micrometer, travelling microscope, caliper, opisometer, steel rule, meter rule, yardstick, tape measure, surveyor's wheel, laser rangefinder, odometer, GPS track, radio telescope, and interferometer.

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