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Old February 16, 2013, 10:25 AM   #8
wogpotter
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As far as I remember the vernier trick is choosing as a reference the line with a perfect match with the scale and then read the "fractions" scale.
Thats the trick. First find the "major" measurement & then look at the sub "tics" to get the minor sub division.
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