Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements
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ISBN: 9781118881279
Author: Richard S. Figliola, Donald E. Beasley
Publisher: WILEY
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SJ An official Olympics timekeeper once stated, “If you want to claim a result with a very good accuracy to one-hundredth of a second, you have to measure to a thousandth of a second.” Explain the possible reasoning.
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