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[edit] Summary

Description

Illustration of a vernier caliper

Date

November 2006(2006-11)

Source

Own work

Author

Joaquim Alves Gaspar, modified by ed g2s

Permission
(Reusing this image)

See below.

Other versions

Animated GIF

This vector graphics image was created with CorelDRAW.

[edit] Legend

Outside jaws: used to measure external length
Inside jaws: used to measure internal length
Depth probe: used to measure depth
Main scale (cm)
Main scale (inch)
Vernier (cm)
Vernier (inch)
Retainer: used to block/release movable part

[edit] Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

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This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:39, 7 December 2006		3,040×1,080 (112 KB)	Alvesgaspar (Talk \| contribs)
	11:36, 7 December 2006		3,040×1,080 (111 KB)	Alvesgaspar (Talk \| contribs)
	17:06, 19 November 2006		3,040×1,080 (121 KB)	Ed g2s (Talk \| contribs)	(Modified from Vernier_caliper_legends.svg (previous versions were corrupt files))