Annex B Raw data for salt water

Number of rounds (on micromete r) 11 0 4 9 14 3 8

Division marking (on micromet er) 14 39 91 54 97 52 11

Change in number of rounds, n

Distance travelled by fine marking / mm 0.13 0.26 0.19 0.22 0.23 0.21

Distance travelled by n rounds / mm 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.50

Overall distance travelled / mm

Cumulativ e distance travelled / mm

4 4 5 5 4 5

2.13 2.26 2.69 2.72 2.23 2.71

1.920 4.180 6.870 9.590 11.820 14.530

Table B1: Raw data for salt water. In quantifying the error bars, we have not performed error analysis on the equation because the standard deviation of error between the actual and fitted distance between wavelengths is much larger than the instrument error (in the order of 5 microns).

Number of wavelengths, m 1 2 3 4 5 6

Cumulative distance, l / mm 1.92 4.18 6.87 9.59 11.82 14.53

Distance between wavelength s / mm 2.26 2.69 2.72 2.23 2.71

Best fitted cumulative distance / mm 1.82 4.35 6.88 9.42 11.95 14.49

Best fitted distance between wavelength s /mm 2.53 2.53 2.54 2.53 2.54

Deviation

0.27 -0.16 -0.18 0.29999999 9999999 0.16999999 9999998

Table B2: Measuring the standard deviation of distance between wavelengths. From the values in table 2, the standard deviation is measured as 0.249 mm.