Episode of Series “Basic Engineering”.
Measuring instruments are introduced: the engineer’s rule, micrometers, vernier gauge, outside and inside callipers and odd legs. The marking-off table, the scriber, scribing black, V blocks, finding the centre of a round bar, drawing lines parallel to the edge of the table, the dial test indicator, the surface plate, testing the flatness of a surface by means of a coloured marking agent, spring dividers, and the fitter’s square are also demonstrated.
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ACMI Identifier
006864
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Measuring
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)