ELI5, How are precision calibration tools, themselves calibrated?

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Feels like a chicken and egg senario. Let’s say I get my torque wrench from work sent off to be calibrated, and that’s calibrated with something itself needs to be calibrated, and so on and so fourth. How’s that figured out?

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Super captivating BBC Documentary about measurments and weight standards. They know how to tell a story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XofuloR6x74

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Feels like a chicken and egg senario. Let’s say I get my torque wrench from work sent off to be calibrated, and that’s calibrated with something itself needs to be calibrated, and so on and so fourth. How’s that figured out?

In: 430

27 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Super captivating BBC Documentary about measurments and weight standards. They know how to tell a story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XofuloR6x74

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