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Why is the screw gauge so named?

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Why is the screw gauge so named?
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Screw gauge consists essentially of a screw with a uniform pitch which moves in a nut, thus it is named as screw gauge because the major working part is a screw.
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Chapter 1: Measurements and Experimentation - Exercise 5 [Page 47]

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Frank Physics Part 1 [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 1 Measurements and Experimentation
Exercise 5 | Q 16 | Page 47

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