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Subject: Re: What do you call this in English?
From: Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com>
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:47:07 GMT, Harvey Van Sickle wrote
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:30:06 GMT, Webber wrote
>> What do you call this in English?
>> http://www.cap-maquettes.nl/media/b100-27.jpg
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> I'd call it a type of micrometer; there may be a more precise
> word for it,
My bad -- of course there is: "calipers".
See: http://www.penntoolco.com/catalog/products/179.cfm
(Sorry for responding to my own post, but I kicked myself right after
posting the micrometer comment....)
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Cheers, Harvey
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