Caliper#Divider caliper

The Divider is a special form of the circle without pencil tip, but only with two pointed ends.

A Divider is used in navigation, in order to tap distances from the chart. For this purpose, Nautical equipment is used.

In professions of dividers is always used when accurate measurements are to be transferred to workpieces, such as in carpentry, turnery, in stonemasonry, sculpture in the stone and in metal. A special form of compasses is the so-called calipers, which is used to measure dimensions that are lag behind other dimensions or reset.

A so-called " field Circles " is a larger, more -to-use by a person standing dividers, which is used for measuring distances in the great outdoors, on agricultural fields, even in archeology. It is adjustable to a fixed amount (usually 1 meter). He does not reach the accuracy of a measuring tape but is more accurate than any estimate and is sufficient for many purposes from.

Also playing pétanque such a circle is used when the distance between two game - bowls to the jack is so small that it can not be measured with a tape measure or a tirette.

There are various models of lancing circles.

More Circles

• Circle
• Hollow circle
• Calipers
• Calipers