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A Thumbnail History of Precision
« on: May 16, 2024, 10:00:16 am »
Including tales of Surface Plates, Jo-Blocks and Watt's first Micrometer.

Not even close to all-inclusive, but it is interesting and entertaining with certainly at least some educational value.

https://youtu.be/gNRnrn5DE58?si=2rvMd-QicOVhpuN6

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Re: A Thumbnail History of Precision
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2024, 01:11:43 pm »

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Re: A Thumbnail History of Precision
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2024, 07:24:40 pm »
Thanks Daniel, that was very informative, half hour well spent.
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Re: A Thumbnail History of Precision
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2024, 06:14:38 pm »
Glad you liked it Frank ... I think it sort of puts some important things into perspective!

There are several other videos in that series that are also worth the watching.
"Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty, Beauty is not love, Love is not music: Music is THE BEST...   
Wisdom is the domain of the Wis (which is extinct). Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence..."
F. Zappa ... by way of Mary, the girl from the bus.