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vernier (n.)
[vernier 词源字典]
device for making precise measurements, 1766, from name of inventor, French mathematician Pierre
Vernier
(1580-1637), who described it in 1631.
[vernier etymology, vernier origin, 英语词源]
[vernier 词源字典]