Vernier Adjusters - Are They?
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Yeah, I suspect that Pierre Vernier is tossing in his grave over the British misapplication of his French invention. 
"Anyone know how they got the name?"
Maybe it just sounded better than "turny things?"
"Anyone know how they got the name?"
Maybe it just sounded better than "turny things?"
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Naw not infinitely adjustable so much as -finely adjustable-,
after crude ball park adjustment for initial fitting.
Vernier cam sprockets similar usage.
Definitions of vernier on the Web:
* French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
* vernier scale: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vernier
after crude ball park adjustment for initial fitting.
Vernier cam sprockets similar usage.
Definitions of vernier on the Web:
* French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
* vernier scale: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vernier
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