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  2. Tape measure - Wikipedia

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    A Chesterman tape measure. James Chesterman, a British metalworker, is credited with the invention of the first retractable tape measure in 1821. [6] His design consisted of a spring-loaded cloth strip with marked measurements, housed within a compact case. Building upon his prior design, Chesterman would patent the first steel tape measure. [7]

  3. Richard Gurley Drew - Wikipedia

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    Richard Gurley Drew (June 22, 1899 – December 14, 1980) was an American inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.

  4. Graduation (scale) - Wikipedia

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    A ruler with two linear scales: the metric and imperial.It includes shorter minor graduations and longer major graduations. A graduation is a marking used to indicate points on a visual scale, which can be present on a container, a measuring device, or the axes of a line plot, usually one of many along a line or curve, each in the form of short line segments perpendicular to the line or curve.

  5. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid inch – a unit of length, believed to be equal to 1 ⁄ 25 of the cubit; Rod; Sana lamjel; Spat – a unit of length equal to 1,000,000,000 km (620,000,000 mi) Stadion; Step; Unglie; Vara – an Aragonese, Spanish, and Portuguese unit [3] Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India. Its value was about 10 km (6.2 mi ...

  6. Ruler - Wikipedia

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    A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

  7. Paint adhesion testing - Wikipedia

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    In the paint and coating industries, paint adhesion testing is often used to determine if the paint or coating will adhere properly to the substrates to which they are applied. Several tests measure the resistance of paints and coatings from substrates: cross-cut test, scrape adhesion, pull-off test , and others.

  8. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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    The most common form consists of an L-shaped stock with the blade fixed on top bisecting the stock. [4] Another type is made from a single piece of metal with two perpendicular pins which are placed against the edge of the workpiece. [5] [6] Centre squares are also manufactured to be used as a head for a combination square. [7]

  9. Sometimes a Great Notion (film) - Wikipedia

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    Never Give A Inch on some commercial television broadcasts) is a 1971 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin and Lee Remick. The cast also includes Richard Jaeckel in an Academy Award -nominated performance.