stackyFACTSMeasuring fractions of a millimeter perfectly by eye seems impossible. Vernier calipers use two slightly mismatched sliding scales. By simply looking for the single point where two opposing lines exactly match up, the physical visual offset allows you to confidently measure microscopic distances without optical tools.
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