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Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Watt's end measuring machine

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Whitworth standard wire gauge

Whitworth standard wire gauge

1869 to 1897

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Set of Johansson gauge blocks, c 1900.

Set of Johansson gauge blocks, c 1900.

1896-1918

Micro 2000 electronic digital metric micrometer

Micro 2000 electronic digital metric micrometer

circa 1980

Hirth minimeter

Hirth minimeter

circa 1920; 1907

Stroboflash, Stroboscope

Stroboflash, Stroboscope

1950s-1960s

Automatic micrometer

Automatic micrometer

1850-1900

early metric micrometer

early metric micrometer

1878

Circular instrument dividing engine

Circular instrument dividing engine

1778

Adjustable square

Adjustable square

circa 1960

digital readout micrometer

digital readout micrometer

1893

Pocket sheet metal gauge

Pocket sheet metal gauge

1878-1867 (design)

Drawing of L. Palmer's micrometer or 'system palmer'

Drawing of L. Palmer's micrometer or 'system palmer'

1848-original

Spring caliper, an early method of measuring diameters

Spring caliper, an early method of measuring diameters

N. K.

Steel straight edge

Steel straight edge

1969

Frame micrometer no. 30 by Troughton and Simms

Frame micrometer no. 30 by Troughton and Simms

1826-1894

Ship's plate thickness measuring gauge with vernier scale.

Ship's plate thickness measuring gauge with vernier scale.

not known

Gap pattern thickness gauge

Gap pattern thickness gauge

1869-1921

Metal factors ruler incorporating sliding caliper marked Thomas Bradburn and Sons

Metal factors ruler incorporating sliding caliper marked Thomas Bradburn and Sons

Lindley type extensometer for measuring the extension of samples under test strain

Lindley type extensometer for measuring the extension of samples under test strain

1950-1970

Pocket micrometer

Pocket micrometer

circa 1885

Miniature micrometer by Borletti of Milan in a small pocket

Miniature micrometer by Borletti of Milan in a small pocket

Bench type micrometer for rolling mill gauging

Bench type micrometer for rolling mill gauging

1901

Circular Instrument Dividing Engine

Circular Instrument Dividing Engine

1919

Vernier caliper for workshop use

Vernier caliper for workshop use

circa 1830

Clockmaker's screw micrometer, by Gustav Horstmann

Clockmaker's screw micrometer, by Gustav Horstmann

1856

Large Vernier Calliper for Manufacturing Large Calibre Weapons, 1826-1867

Large Vernier Calliper for Manufacturing Large Calibre Weapons, 1826-1867

1826

Lindley type extensometer

Lindley type extensometer

1940-1960

High magnification fiducial indicator

High magnification fiducial indicator

1959

Surface plate; very smooth surface produced by lapping

Surface plate; very smooth surface produced by lapping

1919

Direct digital display micrometer made by Brown and Sharpe

Direct digital display micrometer made by Brown and Sharpe

1922-1928

Horstmann adjustable thread caliper gauge for M8 threads

Horstmann adjustable thread caliper gauge for M8 threads

Robey-Smith bevel gear cutting machine

Robey-Smith bevel gear cutting machine

Four photographs of Ramsden's dividing engine

Four photographs of Ramsden's dividing engine

Fisher sub-sieve sizer

Fisher sub-sieve sizer

Shadow protractor in case

Shadow protractor in case

Straight line dividing engine, Ramsden type

Straight line dividing engine, Ramsden type

Accessories for a horizontal optical comparator

Accessories for a horizontal optical comparator

0" to 4" micrometer

0" to 4" micrometer

frame micrometer

frame micrometer

1826-1894

digital readout micrometer

digital readout micrometer

pat 1893.

Whitworth pitch-measuring machine, 1902

Whitworth pitch-measuring machine, 1902

1902

internal and external gauges

internal and external gauges

1835-1865

Slocomb digital micrometer

Slocomb digital micrometer

1920-1939

Fourfold boxwood rule

Fourfold boxwood rule