spherometer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spherometer
Example Sentences
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Before the grade of emery is changed all three surfaces must agree, as nearly, at least, as the spherometer will show.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
Many devices have been added to the spherometer to make it as sensitive as possible, such as the contact level, the electric contact, and the compound lever contact.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various
After a little practice it will be found possible to bring the glass exactly up to the required curvature as tested by template or spherometer.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
It will be recognized that in working with the spherometer, only the points in actual contact can be measured at one time, for you may see by Fig.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various
The spherometer is accepted at all stages of the process as the final arbiter as to curvature.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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