Why are they called Vernier Calipers? They are named after Pierre Vernier.

Calipers is the name of

the instrument which were used as far back as ancient China, Pierre invented the Vernier scale in
1631 which were then added to the calipers.
Reading a Vernier calipers with a cm main scale (The Vernier Calipers in AlArqam are like this)
You can either take the reading in cm or then convert to mm, or you can convert
to mm as you take the readings. For the first example, I will take the reading in
cm:
Example 1: I will take readings in cm, and then convert to mm.
Step ONE: Take the main scale reading: To do this I look at the number on
the main scale, using the number from the line directly to the left of the zero
line on the small Vernier scale.
Line is directly to the left
of the zero on the
Vernier scale.

2.1cm

Main
Scale
Vernier
scale
This reading is taken from the Vernier scale. It is taken from
the first line after zero which matches up completely. When
measuring in cm, we will think of this number as 0.0? cm. In
this example it is 0.03cm.
Step TWO: Take the Vernier scale reading: look for the first line on the Vernier
scale which matches up completely with a main scale line.

0.03 cm

Step Three: Add the two readings together.

2.1 cm + 0.03cm= 2.13 cm

Converted to mm (x by 10), this is
21.3 mm

Example 2: I will convert to mm as I take the readings.

This is 21 mm

I count how far I have moved after zero on the Vernier scale. I have
moved 3 places. When converting, we will give this reading as 0.?
mm . So this will be 0.3mm.

21 mm + 0.3 mm= 21.3 mm

Examples:
1. Main scale: 10 cm
2. Vernier scale: 0.02 cm
3. Final reading: 10.02 cm
Or
1. Main scale: 100 mm
2. Vernier scale: 0.2 mm
3. Final reading: 100.2 mm
1. Main scale: 8.6 cm
2. Vernier scale: 0.02 cm
3. Final reading: 8.62 cm
Or

1. Main scale: 86 mm
2. Vernier scale: 0.2 mm
3. Final reading: 86.2 mm
1. Main scale: 0.0 cm
2. Vernier scale: 0.06 cm
3. Final reading: 0.06cm
Or
1. Main scale: 0.0mm
2. Vernier scale: 0.6 mm
3. Final reading: 0.6 mm

In the last example you can see that the zero line from the Vernier scale is
pointing to just after half way between zero and one on the main scale. We can
use this to roughly see if we have taken a correct reading. The reading is 0.6, so
this is just after half way on the main scale.
In the previous example you can roughly see that the reading is just after 8.6, so
we should expect a very low number after 8.6. When we have taken the
readings, we can see it is 8.62.

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Thank you ,

Miss Christina