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Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a vernier callipers. Name its main parts and state their functions.
Name the part of the vernier callipers which is used to measure the following
Depth of a small bottle
The pitch of a screw gauge is 1 mm and the circular scale has 100 divisions. In measurement of the diameter of a wire, the main scale reads 2 mm and 45th mark on the circular scale coincides with the base line. Find
(i) The least count and
(ii) The diameter of the wire.
Figure shows the position of vernier scale while measuring the external length of a wooden cylinder.
- What is the length recorded by the main scale?
- Which reading of vernier scale coincides with the main scale?
- Calculate the length.
What do you understand by the term zero error?
A micrometre screw gauge has a negative zero error of 7 divisions. While measuring the diameter of a wire the reading on the main scale is 2 divisions and 79th circular scale division coincides with baseline.
If the number of divisions on the main scale is 10 to a centimetre and circular scale has 100 divisions, calculate
- pitch
- observed diameter
- least count
- corrected diameter.
What is the least count in the case of the following instrument?
Stopwatch
How will you measure the least count of vernier caliper?
The precision of vernier calipers is ______ mm.
