spherometer
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of spherometer
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A check by spherometer will be applied at intervals according to the judgment of the operator, but, in any case, the fellow tool and lens should be kept at very nearly the same figure.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
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
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 Richard Threlfall
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 Richard Threlfall
The squares of glass are cemented to the roughing tool, and this is ground to the spherometer by means of the counterpart tool.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
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