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    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

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    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT


    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    PROPRIETARY MATERIAL. 2009 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this PowerPoint slide may be displayed, reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, or used beyond the limited distribution to teachers and educators permitted by McGraw-Hill for their individual course preparation. If you are a student using this PowerPoint slide, you are using it without permission. 1

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Chapter 1

    Introduction to Metrology

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    MetrologyMaking Measurement Work For Us...


    MANKIND MEASURES
    Measurement has become a natural part of our everyday life. Planks of wood and cartons of tea are both bought by size and weight; water, electricity and heat are metered, and we feel the effect on our pockets. Bathroom scales affect our moods and sense of humouras do police speed traps and the possible financial consequences. The quantity of active substances in medicine, blood sample measurements, and the effect of the surgeons scalpel must also be precise if patients health is not to be jeopardised. We find it almost impossible to describe anything without measuring it hours of sunshine, chest width, alcohol percentages, weights of letters, room temperatures, tyre pressures ... and so on. The pilot carefully observes his altitude, course, fuel consumption and speed; the food inspector measures bacteria content; maritime authorities measure buoyancy; companies purchase raw materials by weights and measures, and specify their products using the same units. Processes are regulated and alarms are set off because of measurements. Systematic measurement with known degrees of uncertainty is one of the foundations in industrial quality control and generally speaking, in most modern industries, the costs incurred in taking measurements constitute 1015% of production costs. Just for fun, try holding a conversation without using words that refer to weights or measures.

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    To explain the importance of measurement, Lord Kelvin said I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind. It may be the beginning of knowledge but you have scarcely in your thought advanced to the stage of science. Measurement is defined as the set of operations having the objective of determining the value of a quantity. Science is completely dependent on measurement. Geologists measure shock waves when the gigantic forces behind earthquakes make themselves felt; astronomers patiently measure the light from distant stars in order to determine their age; atomic physicists feel jubilant when by taking measurements in millionths of a second, they are able at last to confirm the presence of an almost infinitely small particle. The availability of measuring equipment and the ability to use them are essential if scientists are to be able to objectively document the results they achieve. The science of measurement, metrology, is probably the oldest science in the world and knowledge of how it is applied is a fundamental necessity in practically all science-based professions! Measurement requires common knowledge.

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Metrology is hardly ostentatious and the calm surface it shows covers vast areas of knowledge that only a few are familiar with, but which most make use of, confident that they are sharing a common perception of what is meant by expressions such as metre, kilogram, litre, watt, etc. Mankind has thousands of years of experience to confirm that life really does become easier when people cooperate on metrology. Metrology is a word derived from two Greek words: MetroMeasurement, LogyScience. Metrology includes all aspects with reference to measurements, whatever their level of accuracy.

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

    METROLOGY & MEASUREMENT

    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

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    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

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    Anand K Bewoor & Vinay A Kulkarni

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    2009 Tata McGraw-Hill Education

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