How to Measure to a MILLIONTH of an Inch (The Dawn of Precision) - Smarter Every Day 206

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Huge thanks to The New Tennessee State Museum. They just opened, and when I rolled up in with a camera they were incredibly gracious and open minded. They're trying to figure out twitter and I'd like to help them. Click here to tweet them and say thank you on my behalf: bit.ly/2V2aDEj. It will make them happy and increase the odds that they'll work with me on a future project involving history.
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Preston Bain owns www.nashvillerelics.com and found the "Whitworth hex drop". He sells actual artifacts from the US Civil War out of Brentwood, TN.
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@smartereveryday
@smartereveryday 5 років тому
Click here to tweet me a picture of whatever bolt/screw is within arm's reach. bit.ly/FoundAScrew
@schoobydoo9293
@schoobydoo9293 5 років тому
really great video! Thank you
@MPHammer
@MPHammer 5 років тому
Lol I don't have one within arm's reach.
@isaachlloyd
@isaachlloyd 5 років тому
@@MPHammer Yes you do...
@turfthenerf
@turfthenerf 5 років тому
I found several(one in the table my computer sits on, one in my computer.etc), but im too lazy to take a picture.
@turfthenerf
@turfthenerf 5 років тому
@@MPHammer you keyboard or your phone should be in your arm's reach for you to type that.
@reuben4710
@reuben4710 5 років тому
I like how instead of using Google Images like anybody else, you go to the museum to get the footage that you need. Shows us how much time goes into these videos.
@TheAgentTexas
@TheAgentTexas 5 років тому
Ya, seriously. This video is an extra special treat. He puts a lot of work into his videos but this one is especially great.
@antivanti
@antivanti 5 років тому
Yeah. Adds a little bit extra to the video... Probably a lot extra for Destin to get to see it in person so I don't think he minds putting that extra effort 😊
@de7io407
@de7io407 5 років тому
shows us how smart he truly wants to be
@jerry3790
@jerry3790 5 років тому
Also most of the stuff on google images is copyrighted.
@kunjukunjunil1481
@kunjukunjunil1481 5 років тому
It's a 6 million + subscriber channel ,shouldn't be like a normal amateur youtuber
@CoolDude-nk7tx
@CoolDude-nk7tx 4 роки тому
when your mom asks why there's a ruler in the bathroom marked at a millionth of an inch
@RootyTootTootin
@RootyTootTootin 4 роки тому
First Name Last Name congrats that’s the joke 👏
@notrocketscience96
@notrocketscience96 4 роки тому
This joke right here
@LordLongHands
@LordLongHands 4 роки тому
Profile picture checks out
@davidgeier6365
@davidgeier6365 4 роки тому
I only went to the comments section for these kinds of comments.
@finnthewastebin1503
@finnthewastebin1503 4 роки тому
Cool Dude just got it LMAO
@stroopwafelfalafel
@stroopwafelfalafel 3 роки тому
Precision was achieved using hexagons, because hexagons are the bestagons
@mutated__donkey5840
@mutated__donkey5840 3 роки тому
Hehe cgp reference
@thescoot827
@thescoot827 3 роки тому
Hey, a fellow science stickman watcher!
@tehyonglip9203
@tehyonglip9203 3 роки тому
Cgp grey approves
@LeavingGoose046
@LeavingGoose046 3 роки тому
>:(
@TheBassMeister1
@TheBassMeister1 3 роки тому
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well! lol
@hotfiyah
@hotfiyah 3 роки тому
Every dad ever when talking about his tools to his son - "If anything's missing it's because you misplaced it"
@giadalussu1922
@giadalussu1922 2 роки тому
It's nice ti see that all the world Is the same
@jonimaricruz1692
@jonimaricruz1692 2 роки тому
How my brothers and I drove our poor dad crazy.
@h8GW
@h8GW 2 роки тому
Actually the inverse situation with me. Eventually I need to invest in a good lockable tool chest.
@dswmetals02
@dswmetals02 2 роки тому
So true
@jay-rus4437
@jay-rus4437 2 роки тому
As a General Contractor, and who’s sons work with me, this is exactly correct. And also a true statement 😁
@felpshehe
@felpshehe 5 років тому
The nearest screws are the ones holding the toilet lid in place
@smartereveryday
@smartereveryday 5 років тому
I'm hearting this. The heads on toilet bolts are actually quite unique. Those threads are probably 1/4" x 20 UNC.
@M1n1Cooper
@M1n1Cooper 5 років тому
For me it's actually the screws holding the toilet roll in place
@deel2783
@deel2783 5 років тому
Took my toilet lid off yesterday doing some cleaning (I get thorough with the toilets) and mine were a material like nylon or something of the sort. My first guess would have been 5/16 ......28?? Not sure what normal tpi is for a 5/16 off the top of my head
@MrModTwelveFoot
@MrModTwelveFoot 5 років тому
5/16 18 is standard, 24 is fine thread.
@deel2783
@deel2783 5 років тому
There you go. That sounds like much less of a guess than mine!
@ChunkyKong32
@ChunkyKong32 4 роки тому
90% of people watching are sitting on a porcelain throne fastened to the floor thanks to Whitworth.
@blakestevenson9624
@blakestevenson9624 3 роки тому
I literally am
@antimitsu
@antimitsu 3 роки тому
Hey now
@kevcom000
@kevcom000 3 роки тому
Did you just assume my toilets gender... how triggering
@Nick-xy5ul
@Nick-xy5ul 3 роки тому
To the wall*
@iOmniphobia
@iOmniphobia 3 роки тому
Got eeem..
@spokehedz
@spokehedz 3 роки тому
I, too, have a three plate method. Usually only seen at family gatherings where food is present. ;D
@tarmy3619
@tarmy3619 2 роки тому
ACTUAL underrated comment
@notgray88
@notgray88 2 роки тому
great comment
@user-vi3pi9rf7w
@user-vi3pi9rf7w 2 роки тому
-_-
@X0verXDriveX
@X0verXDriveX 3 роки тому
I remember seeing this video, when it was uploaded, almost 2 years ago and it blew my mind. I'm watching it again almost 2 years later and guess what, I'm still amazed by it. That's why this channel is amongst the best channels on youtube!
@aboriani
@aboriani 2 роки тому
Exactly the same went through my mind...
@DavidPike_Potato
@DavidPike_Potato Рік тому
Two years later I have a career because this video inspired me to become a machinist
@X0verXDriveX
@X0verXDriveX Рік тому
@@DavidPike_Potato That’s awesome!
@taofledermaus
@taofledermaus 5 років тому
The British were using Whitworth fasteners on cars and motorcycles at least up to the 1960's.
@Robert82
@Robert82 5 років тому
O.G in the house? Do I seen a rifle slug formed around 5/16 coupler nut in the future shot out of a rifled barrel
@billietyree6139
@billietyree6139 5 років тому
I worked on my own cars in my younger days and owned a few Brit cars which I really wish were available today. The only problem was that I had to have three sets of tools, Whitworth, metric and Fractional.
@TheCrimsonLord
@TheCrimsonLord 5 років тому
I made a dog by shoting a gun
@twiggy2cents2
@twiggy2cents2 5 років тому
The only way i know anything about that is from Cars 2
@jackflash6377
@jackflash6377 5 років тому
Worked on cars for many years. Jaguar had whitworth back in the late 80's. Frustrating to have to buy a complete set of wrenches just to work on those Limey cars. I know that a lot of metric and inch come close and could be used but that wasn't our way. Had to be perfect so hundreds of dollars for Whitworth wrenches.
@wutzgedudel
@wutzgedudel 5 років тому
0:22 that look he gives Destin during the short pause after he is asked "what things he has measured"
@ArchangelV11
@ArchangelV11 5 років тому
Things that go into space things that go into water and things that go into pants
@boblewis5558
@boblewis5558 5 років тому
Probably easier to ask what he HASNT measured! 😁
@itsajoeybeat
@itsajoeybeat 5 років тому
I laughed lmao
@harrysheppard3925
@harrysheppard3925 5 років тому
Honeybobo
@x.y.8581
@x.y.8581 3 роки тому
Back in high school Physics class we were measuring modulus of elasticity of a steel wire by adding weight to it and measuring its elongation with a simple mechanism. The wire was attached to a rotating cylinder that had a small mirror attached to it. By sighting thru a sight with crosshairs at the mirror and viewing its reflection of a linear scale some distance away, we could very precisely determine the cylinders rotation angle and thus, the wires elongation. I did the math and figured we were measuring to something like .000001" accuracy.
@jonrau5988
@jonrau5988 3 роки тому
I am a surface plate mertrologist. I measure for flatness and also restore flatness with a casting iron lapping plate and diamond dust. Loved the video !
@jima1135
@jima1135 5 років тому
As soon as the video started and he said that if it was missing it was because you lost it, I immediately knew it was your dad. All dad's are the same lol
@just-a-silly-goofy-guy
@just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 років тому
I know what I’m measuring with this method...
@RosieSapphire
@RosieSapphire 5 років тому
Pfft, mine's WAY smaller than that!
@ali-huakbar2176
@ali-huakbar2176 5 років тому
Nooooo Russel, mine is way way way smaller
@YASHPRATAP007
@YASHPRATAP007 5 років тому
😂😂
@dsdy1205
@dsdy1205 5 років тому
Oof
@juccidrugs3405
@juccidrugs3405 5 років тому
Bruh, mine is so small I have to Jack off with tweezers and a microscope
@n16161
@n16161 3 роки тому
That whitworth cannon firing is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on this channel, and also probably just one of the coolest things I’ve seen. I love the music playing in the background for those shots. Bravo 👏
@IvanJoel
@IvanJoel 3 роки тому
I love that you highlight other people's channels so much. I have found so many cool channels through watching your videos. Thanks!
@lescrooge
@lescrooge 5 років тому
Your slow motion capture is amazing. thank you for sharing
@lescrooge
@lescrooge 5 років тому
I work in engineering and we often machine items with threaded parts. really cool stuff
@lescrooge
@lescrooge 5 років тому
Also interesting to note, BSP or British standard pipe thread was designed by Mr Whitworth
@SaneAsylum
@SaneAsylum 5 років тому
$150,000 and you can do it too!
@lescrooge
@lescrooge 5 років тому
@@SaneAsylum convert that to my local currency and it's over a million
@mikewilson3836
@mikewilson3836 5 років тому
Nothing to measure a millionth totally off topic here
@Deepwaterjew
@Deepwaterjew 5 років тому
-screws closest to me are actually inside of me, 3 x 1.75 x 40 ive got 8 of them. im a very broken person lol.
@Deepwaterjew
@Deepwaterjew 5 років тому
@kamal ks bah that stuff stinks, I'd rather drink it.
@skeeter7932
@skeeter7932 5 років тому
hahahha I was thinking my cell didn't even think of the screws in my arm hahah good thinking
@JD24230
@JD24230 5 років тому
JD really did a number on you, eh?
@a0flj0
@a0flj0 5 років тому
Nah, by the number of screws in your body you're not broken, you're fixed up real good :-D And neither sniff nor drink superglue - tends to cure stiff - an inconvenience with moving parts. Maybe try some motor oil, for good lubrication ... also helps staying cool, that's why it's used when drilling and cutting metal L-D
@Kriegerdammerung
@Kriegerdammerung 5 років тому
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@rockstarproductions6377
@rockstarproductions6377 3 роки тому
I have watched tons of your videos and love them and the way you do them. Thanks for all the incredible insight into the many things you have covered. This is my favorite video since I have been a precision machinist for decades and really love how you covered this information. I have subscribed to your friends channel too.
@ibrahimdeniz7308
@ibrahimdeniz7308 3 роки тому
"dam, millionth of an inch!" "....of an inch" "Inch...." "Meh, probably like a millimeter or sum"
@thomaslusignan4762
@thomaslusignan4762 3 роки тому
0,000025 millimeter
@xnamkcor
@xnamkcor 3 роки тому
Milli is a thousandth. Million is 1000 thousands. So, you're estimating a meter is 1/1000 of an inch?
@thomaslusignan4762
@thomaslusignan4762 3 роки тому
@@xnamkcor well an inch is roughly 25 millimeters so 25 / 1 000 000 = 0,000025
@random-b-i2480
@random-b-i2480 3 роки тому
@@xnamkcor congrats, that's the joke smartass
@jonathanm9436
@jonathanm9436 3 роки тому
@@thomaslusignan4762 Interestingly, an inch is now defined in terms of millimetres - 25.4mm.
@Buckarooskiczek
@Buckarooskiczek 4 роки тому
Yes. I was stymied by the Whitworth system when I bought my first British motorcycle...certain fasteners required whitworth tools (because SAE and metric just weren’t fitting right...) Whitworth created a standardized method of measuring that is ironically, non-standard in modern day. (This is the BEST UKposts channel ever!)
@kirkseitz2342
@kirkseitz2342 3 роки тому
My BSA had some Whitworth stuff
@Zoroaster4
@Zoroaster4 3 роки тому
What year was that motorcycle? That's weird. They can't keep themselves from making things more complicated. I'd be happy if all bolts where they can were in metric.
@africanrover5425
@africanrover5425 3 роки тому
Whitworth laid the foundation, but the metric system is definitely a progress though.
@jeffwisemiller3590
@jeffwisemiller3590 3 роки тому
Ran into that with electric fan motors on older BC ferries. they used Whitworth threads for the case & the support arms from the case of the motor to the fan housing shroud. I found some here in BC at a Jaguar dealer of all places.
@philgiglio7922
@philgiglio7922 8 місяців тому
​...my wife had a Pontiac Phoenix, the Pontiac version of the nova. 2 bolts right next to each other, 1 would be 1/2 inch SAE and the one next to it a 12mm. Very frustrating to work on
@ckallmes1
@ckallmes1 5 років тому
0.5 secs into the video "That's gotta be Destin's dad" :-)
@smartereveryday
@smartereveryday 5 років тому
We're ugly dudes.
@ceciliaFX
@ceciliaFX 5 років тому
@@smartereveryday - nobody with dimples can be ugly :)
@Abrikosmanden
@Abrikosmanden 5 років тому
Exactly my thougt, Chris!
@sdcofer52
@sdcofer52 3 роки тому
Wow Destin, some of your absolute best work. You have really improved your camera work. This is fascinating!!!
@charlierandall2481
@charlierandall2481 3 роки тому
Love how I always learn at least 2 new things in every video you post! Big respect for the time you take to make these, Destin 👏
@kerluckvr3893
@kerluckvr3893 4 роки тому
why can’t school just be this channel, seriously
@watermaker2.033
@watermaker2.033 4 роки тому
Kerluck because school teaches us depression not anything useful or interesting
@Nico-ee6gy
@Nico-ee6gy 4 роки тому
Be cause schools are squares
@ahmctech104
@ahmctech104 4 роки тому
School no want smarts. School want move bodies. Smart bad. You is nerd. Hehehe... nerd.
@deanlonagan1475
@deanlonagan1475 4 роки тому
very truthfully because they dont want smart factory workers,just stupid and obedient factory workers...the smart ones they do want,have to sign that abominable contract and God help thier first born....now you all just drink up your flouride..
@pvic6959
@pvic6959 4 роки тому
so youre the person who got all the schools shut down and online hmmm (this is a joke, stay safe from covid19 everyone)
@InfectedEnnui
@InfectedEnnui 5 років тому
that awkward moment when your son hands you a DNA test
@DarthTwilight
@DarthTwilight 5 років тому
Bahaha. I had the same thought.
@IETCHX69
@IETCHX69 5 років тому
Not needed . Look at those faces !
@kiearamayes
@kiearamayes 5 років тому
Hehe "son"
@goz4659
@goz4659 4 роки тому
r/23andme has some scary stories about this
@ModelLights
@ModelLights 4 роки тому
It's was even more awkward when the mailman handed a DNA test to your son..
@dbmail545
@dbmail545 3 роки тому
Love slo-mo. Watching the projectile emerge from the muzzle blast was magical!
@montanajuggs1717
@montanajuggs1717 2 роки тому
Just started my career as a Quality operator using some of these high precision tools and I would love to see more videos talking about these type of tools. Love learning from ya
@christophesirois8110
@christophesirois8110 4 роки тому
Kind of disappointed I still don't know how that barrel was manufactured after watching :(
@zedex1226
@zedex1226 4 роки тому
hammer forged around a mandrel
@TorbTorb
@TorbTorb 4 роки тому
hexagonal drillbit
@420clubber
@420clubber 4 роки тому
Christophe Sirois Drill then reamer
@CodytheDeer
@CodytheDeer 4 роки тому
Rotary broaching, it really is an interesting bit of machine tech if you wanna look into it a bit. Alternatively, rifling is also a common practice for the manufacturing of firearms specifically
@MrNateSPF
@MrNateSPF 3 роки тому
Genetically modified termites that were trained to carve that shape.
@Nighthawkinlight
@Nighthawkinlight 5 років тому
The subject matter of your videos is always crazy awesome. I would drool so hard to peek through what I'm sure is a very large stack of your subject ideas over the years.
@StaindandDisturbed
@StaindandDisturbed 5 років тому
Hey Ben! How’s it going?
@Adenzel
@Adenzel 5 років тому
@Kernels I guess I'll be checking his channel out now, thanks ;)
@adlerdrahms758
@adlerdrahms758 5 років тому
I wonder if he would do a video about your process of reinvented starlite.
@Mindwipe96
@Mindwipe96 3 роки тому
You and your Dad don’t look ugly to me. Also this was all extremely fascinating and cool to learn.
@JamesAllredWriter
@JamesAllredWriter 3 роки тому
This is why I watch your channel. The information you give explains the intricate details of things I had not even considered and impress my with the amazing scope of thought that has to go into producing systems of all kinds.
@chrisparker8539
@chrisparker8539 5 років тому
We never learned how the twisted hexagonal bore was made. :(
@steve-o6413
@steve-o6413 5 років тому
Probably Top Secret classified lol.
@UberAlphaSirus
@UberAlphaSirus 5 років тому
I wanted to know that too.
@pauljs75
@pauljs75 5 років тому
Similar process to this?: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/omCclW5pboahxIU.html (But picture doing it with 1860's tech.)
@SmilingDevil
@SmilingDevil 5 років тому
Chris. To get a perfect helix onto a straight Rod for example, simply hold a piece of string on one end, and on the opposing side of the other end. The string will (when tightened ) form a helix. Trace that to the surface and make it a tool for shaping something moved along that rod and you get a helical shape, that would be my approach ...
@A_Man_In_His_Van
@A_Man_In_His_Van 5 років тому
The bore wasn't twisted, the projectile is.
@MYeahman
@MYeahman 3 роки тому
It genuinely brings a tear to my ear when you think about how important this kind of stuff is, how critical it has been for our progress and how little the everyday person is aware of it. Thank you for endeavouring to bring light to these topics and making them available to everyday people. You are doing a great service.
@GRBtutorials
@GRBtutorials 3 роки тому
Me, a non-American: "A millionth of an inch, OK... that doesn't sound too small." Oh, well, I'll have to convert it... let's see, 1 in = 25.4 mm, so 10^-6 in = 25.4 nm... yikes! That's only about 1000 hydrogen *atoms* thick, and about 8 times smaller than the maximum resolution of an ordinary optical microscope!
@martinlyhagen6166
@martinlyhagen6166 3 роки тому
It's 25,4 times bigger than millionth of a mm.... It's like a loaf compared to a slice of bread.
@alunroberts1439
@alunroberts1439 3 роки тому
To me a millionth is to cut it in to a million parts. But 1000 Millionth of a amp is1 amp so the numbers don't add up. as a millionth is 0.00001 that amount of shift to my is a greasy fingerprint. But saying that 0.025mm is 0.00098425197 I think if with take a piston out of a car and electroplate it how much bigger will it be and can we message it
@GRBtutorials
@GRBtutorials 3 роки тому
@@alunroberts1439 What? 1000 millionths of an amp (1000/1000000, 1 microamp) is 1 thousandth (1/1000) of an amp aka 1 milliamp, not 1 amp. Did you confuse “millionths of an amp” with “milliamps”?
@alunroberts1439
@alunroberts1439 3 роки тому
@@GRBtutorials I was hopping some one would pick up on it as in school I did hear 1 millionth 1 milli needing 1 million of them for 1 amp. but no 1000 milli amps is 1 amp so my thinking was take 1 amp chop it in to 1 million take 1000 of then to get one amp. I was at school at the time so should we say 1000th of a amp not milli amp. milli as millionth. I was hoping some one would see it. As I did one time ask if I take a steel rod that is 12 inches long i keep cutting it in half hoe meany times can I cut it in half I don't think I could do it 1/2 a million times so what is a millionth of 1 inch
@vernzimm
@vernzimm 2 роки тому
The bigger problem, as stated in the video, is that it's hardly feasible to make measurements at that accuracy. Just having a geared reducer doesn't mean it is repeatable. Atmosphere and temperature changes, surface finish, microscopic contaminants and user variability mean that the repeatable accuracy may well have been 10 or 100 times worse than advertised. Even today it is highly uncommon (in machining or even grinding) to be making measurements smaller than several microns. It's not feasible in a production environment to control the many many variables involved to get results that are better than this, and, in reality, it is also rarely necessary.
@milofonbil
@milofonbil 3 роки тому
So Joseph Whitworth is your hero! Awesome. Thanks! Enjoyed my 23andMe kit.
@ILike2Tinker
@ILike2Tinker 5 років тому
I was having a bad day and watching this video made it better. Thank you for sharing your love of learning
@sleeknub
@sleeknub 4 роки тому
Once we got the data on the speed of the projectile I figured we should hear the impact about 1.8 seconds after the cannon was fired (1,800 feet to target / about 1,000 ft/s). When I went back and counted it was more like 3.5 seconds, which confused me for a couple seconds until I realized that the sound had to travel back 1,800 feet. Just so happens the sound and the projectile travel at close to the same speed (projectile at about Mach 0.9), so 3.5 seconds is approximately correct. Maybe a little obvious, but I thought it was neat.
@thomasbooska1448
@thomasbooska1448 4 роки тому
1.8 seconds times 2 is 3.6. The sound takes time to come back as well.
@rolando2395
@rolando2395 4 роки тому
Sleeknub I thought the same thing...... NOT!!! You nerd lol
@coryjarrett2952
@coryjarrett2952 4 роки тому
Smarty pants... That's meant to be a huge compliment.
@ellazychavito9222
@ellazychavito9222 4 роки тому
rolando 239 so you aren’t a nerd but you watch smarter ever day
@rolando2395
@rolando2395 4 роки тому
@@ellazychavito9222 I love science man...
@LaneMitchell-qc4ss
@LaneMitchell-qc4ss 3 роки тому
I am a young machinist still learning more about this field and this field gave a me a little more background knowledge, but this is great. Thank you!!! I love your content and I hope i get the chance to meet you an help with a video idea one day!!! Thanks again 😅😁
@MechMK1
@MechMK1 3 роки тому
Since you mentioned that you didn't know how the rifle was fired, Ian from Forgotten Weapons made a video about this rifle. The rifle was designed to be shot in the "Major Henry Fulton Position", where you'd lay on your back, hold the gun close to the trigger with your right hand, wrap your left arm around your head to support the stock, and form a notch with your legs to support the rifle. The advantage of this position, as compared to laying prone, is that you can easily adjust the height of the front of the rifle, required for long-distance shots - which was one of the only things the Whitworth rifle was really good at.
@philgiglio7922
@philgiglio7922 8 місяців тому
Also called the Creedmoor position, because it was the shooting position used for 1000 yard shooting
@joops110
@joops110 4 роки тому
The nearest screws to me are the ones that are loose in my head.
@Ryan-sb9fb
@Ryan-sb9fb 4 роки тому
joops110 underrated comment
@Mywhtjp
@Mywhtjp 3 роки тому
Ditto.. and LMAO.. but what thread pitch are they.. No bonus for you.
@WhatsInside
@WhatsInside 5 років тому
Your dad is cool.
@kimbongun5369
@kimbongun5369 5 років тому
Ye boi
@sprk_music
@sprk_music 5 років тому
He really is!
@satan1335
@satan1335 5 років тому
This is not true, I know him and he said he wasn't cool. Stop lying.
@quasiic
@quasiic 5 років тому
ey it's what's inside
@jasonbourney3869
@jasonbourney3869 5 років тому
da fuq u know?
@jovi_al
@jovi_al 3 роки тому
So fun to see you in that museum! I've been there so many times. And some of the oddities in that museum are fascinating. I hope you enjoyed much more than just the rifle!
@andrewmatthews4677
@andrewmatthews4677 2 роки тому
Great video, an excellent precis on the subject to make it accessible.
@MrSidney9
@MrSidney9 5 років тому
Gee, they look like twins 30 years apart.
@GeeTransit
@GeeTransit 4 роки тому
"dang you look like your dad" *"i sure hope he does"*
@whatevernamegoeshere3644
@whatevernamegoeshere3644 5 років тому
Kind of ironic that you measure something in inches and thou... ...with a device called a micrometer
@EisenFeuer
@EisenFeuer 5 років тому
micrometers also disappointingly large considering...
@MatDockerty
@MatDockerty 5 років тому
Micro, from the Greek micros meaning small; meter from the Greek metron, that by which something is measured. Metre is the measurement devised be the French.
@l2eaction
@l2eaction 5 років тому
Nothing ironic about it 😂
@a0flj0
@a0flj0 5 років тому
@@l2eaction O yes it is ironic. Correct, factually, but still ironic.
@hans3331000
@hans3331000 5 років тому
@@MatDockerty don't know why you're defending imperial systems
@lyndondowling2733
@lyndondowling2733 3 роки тому
Fantastic. Great to see the Whitworth Cannon in Action. Its Accuracy was so good it was used to counter the opposing sides Artillery. The Rille and Riffled Cannons only drawback.. Expense.
@dougcook7507
@dougcook7507 3 роки тому
Absolutely love thread systems. Been 30 years since I worked in the field. But I knew every thread system in the world as well as the variations of each. I worked for a calibration/gage company. I specialized in threads, name measuring their every requirement. We supplied Aeroquip (Eaton now) and if it flew, I made or calibrated a gage to check a part on it, both domestic and foreign. I knew threads ranging from the common UN and NPT to the mentioned British Whitworth, to M, as well as all the associated variations with tapers, root radii and multi lead threads. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you.
@AndreLuizLealCoelho
@AndreLuizLealCoelho 4 роки тому
I've watched this video several times and I find the interactions between Destin and his dad so wholesome that it just lifts me up. Thanks for the video Destin!
@joshacollins84
@joshacollins84 5 років тому
My dad is my hero, and we just watched this together. There is something kind of cool about watching you hang out w/ your dad, while I'm hanging out with mine.
@ElBach1y
@ElBach1y 3 роки тому
Dad time
@joshacollins84
@joshacollins84 3 роки тому
@@johnperic6860 I can share mine He has started repeating his stories on a daily basis so he would probably enjoy telling them to someone for the first time again. 😁
@rogerbeck3018
@rogerbeck3018 3 роки тому
Thanks for introducing your Dad. Thanks to you Dad Destin as he put you in a mental place where engineering was easily absorbed and you translate it very well to the great unwashed. A family of great skills.
@garychandler4296
@garychandler4296 3 роки тому
One thing not mentioned about Whitworth: back in the :70's, I worked as a weekend Triumph motorcycle and lived with the owner of Mac's Motorcycle Shop in Norfolk Va. We had a lot of special and specialty tools for British bikes including Metric, British Standard, and Whitworth! It was a blast lear ing the special tuning techniques, period changes (the newer the bike, the more metric they became), and history.
@labibbidabibbadum
@labibbidabibbadum 5 років тому
Hey hey hey... wait up. I watched this to find out how they drilled out a hex borehole. And ya never told me!
@80cardcolumn
@80cardcolumn 4 роки тому
See "Rifling" in Wikipedia and elsewhere.
@labibbidabibbadum
@labibbidabibbadum 4 роки тому
@@80cardcolumn Yes, I realise there are other ways to find out. I have this internet thing, see?
@VanessaScrillions
@VanessaScrillions 4 роки тому
Same :(
@brod2474
@brod2474 4 роки тому
They used a hexagonal drill bit :P
@labibbidabibbadum
@labibbidabibbadum 4 роки тому
@@brod2474 Yeah - that's it. Or they could use a triangular drill bit, but spin it twice as fast.
@SWRaptor1
@SWRaptor1 5 років тому
Love when your videos pop up! Always a treat and something I'll talk about all day. Was doing some reverse engineering this morning in CAD and the closest thing to me is my digital caliper. It has a pair of 4mm M1.4 x 0.3mm thread screws in the battery door. On a side note, LOVED the Whitworth cannon slow-mo shots! That was simply amazing man! Bravo!
@privatepilot4064
@privatepilot4064 2 роки тому
I was a Metrologist too! Fascinating profession! And it still serves me well!
@otaviocamanho1135
@otaviocamanho1135 3 роки тому
"How to measure to a millionth of an inch" start by converting it to centimeters or millimeters
@gidelix
@gidelix 3 роки тому
Preferably metres and powers of 10
@wrathmachine7609
@wrathmachine7609 3 роки тому
Lazy af 😂😂
@ZaHandle
@ZaHandle 2 роки тому
Even americans would’ve preferred millimeters to anything lower than an inch
@johankriel8883
@johankriel8883 2 роки тому
A micrometer that measures millionths of an inch. How much is it in microns?
@timberwolf1575
@timberwolf1575 2 роки тому
@@johankriel8883 Well, 25.4 millimeters to the inch, so a thousandth of an inch is 25.4 microns, which makes a millionth of an inch 0.0254 microns.
@Alomoes
@Alomoes 4 роки тому
When you're singlehandedly responsible for the invention of replaceable parts.
@xavier9480
@xavier9480 4 роки тому
civ
@duskpede5146
@duskpede5146 3 роки тому
@@xavier9480 his profile pic is from hoi4
@NoNTr1v1aL
@NoNTr1v1aL 5 років тому
Finally I can measure my... Self esteem
@turolretar
@turolretar 5 років тому
Mohammed Sharukh can’t measure something that doesn’t exist
@markorezic3131
@markorezic3131 5 років тому
@@turolretar well I mean, you can equate it to 0, thats one way of measuring it Kinda like saying theres 0 unicorns in the universe
@jayasuriyas2604
@jayasuriyas2604 5 років тому
Same here
@baconderpderpbacon9170
@baconderpderpbacon9170 5 років тому
I thought you would say something else ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@NoNTr1v1aL
@NoNTr1v1aL 5 років тому
@@markorezic3131 u r right. But then my joke wouldn't make sense because u wouldn't need any precise instrument to measure it, since we know it is zero.
@yogi1396
@yogi1396 2 роки тому
Great Video! I'd loveto some more of these where you commemorate such classical scientists/inventors and tell us more about their discoveries and how it shapes our world today. Thanks. Good Luck
@Chasred-ml4hm
@Chasred-ml4hm 2 роки тому
@ 5:01 you are already at your best work. You also have a terrific relationship with your Dad. Great Video.
@Kumquat_Lord
@Kumquat_Lord 5 років тому
As someone in manufacturing, it's amazing to hear how one man helped make the entire industry what it is. I use a surface plate nearly every single day to perform measurements and I had no idea that he made it possible!
@SaneAsylum
@SaneAsylum 5 років тому
I use a granite surface plate for a paper weight every day.
@joshuac6796
@joshuac6796 5 років тому
Man, you should look up James Watt too. The wikipedia article doesn't do justice to a man with his name on all aspects of mechanical engineering. Also, Chebyshev. Cool Russian guy , also with his name on everything.
@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489
@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489 5 років тому
Would you collaborate with TAOFLEDERMAUS to find out why GIANT backwards pellet shows mind-twisting physics? Center of mass is behind center of drag, and many commenters say that works for subsonic as well.
@Robert82
@Robert82 5 років тому
I 2nd this
@garywernersbach6848
@garywernersbach6848 5 років тому
I third it, would like to see happen
@MarkoRSolidus
@MarkoRSolidus 5 років тому
I fourth it, because I want to make something happen in this life for once -.-
@TheBlakus420
@TheBlakus420 5 років тому
Agreed. Sounds very interesting! I'm probably about to do a lil bit of online research about that, right now. Lol
@ShadetreeArmorer
@ShadetreeArmorer 5 років тому
Sixth! This is worth figuring out.
@brownwarrior6867
@brownwarrior6867 3 роки тому
Fabulous channel the gift that keeps giving. More power to yer elbow 💪🏼
@dubbydub9245
@dubbydub9245 3 роки тому
"The scope is off to the side, so I don't know how they fired this thing." (Left-eye dominant right-handed gun enthusiasts drool)
@gnarthdarkanen7464
@gnarthdarkanen7464 3 роки тому
In case anyone's actually interested, it was mounted to the side for elevation controls, so you wouldn't have to expend all the extra metal to hinge the scope rail to the muzzle of the rifle. You could then, swivel the shorter scope to use an arc and still be approximately on target over a much greater distance... What was discovered rather quickly was that windage-drift became the new issue and undoing of sharp-shooters over great distances. Primitive shooters have been using the "Kentucky Windage Technique" for considerably longer than even rifle scopes. It entails the effort to aim "for" something (someone?) rather than directly "at" it/them. ;o)
@nullpoint3346
@nullpoint3346 3 роки тому
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 That sounds familiar, like "aim _through_ your opponent, not at them" in relation to pugilism.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
@gnarthdarkanen7464 3 роки тому
@@nullpoint3346 In pugilism (and related) the point of aiming "through" is to deliver penetrative power to the strike without over-extending yourself. A lot of injuries and falls are avoided this way, as well as being able to deliver more devastating impact and trauma... In shooting, you're trying to put the path of your projectile into the target... In very short range, this is easiest accomplished with a well aligned sight system (scope or otherwise) and aiming directly "at" said target... This has created terms like "point blank" (virtually no range at all) and "flat trajectory" delineating the "short range" for a specific weapon as the distance a standard projectile will travel without deviation... (an important number to know for any weapon). As you reach further out, requiring a scope to even see the target, however, the projectile no longer travels in a "dead straight" line. Bullets and slugs travel in "arcs", or portions of a circle, usually relating to how quickly gravity pulls the bullet to the ground versus how quickly that bullet also travels "horizontally"... "Windage" refers to the bullet's interactions with varied air flow during it's path. It's technically as much a function of right or left handed "twist" (the rifling in the barrel) as it is which direction the wind is travelling and how fast... "Kentucky Windage" was the old practice of shooting over great distances without a calculator, spotter's scope, or any technology to make up for these effects. SO in order to hit something a half-mile away (as opposed to within the flat trajectory range) you can't aim "iron sights" directly at the target. Surprisingly, humans have been judging wind and elevation for range as far back as we've had spears or bows and arrows... Even more surprisingly, the longest lethal rifle-shot in the world was during the American Civil War, when a Kentucky Long Rifle took a man off his horse from more than a mile away at The Devil's Tower (if I recall correctly), and it held that record all the way through the 1980's and possibly even more recently with Desert Shield or Desert Storm and a renewed use of snipers with full shooting systems. Both principles deal with being able to "visualize" in your targeting, as opposed to the literal "aim at" what you want to hit... SO it's not entirely dissimilar. All you really need to gain skill, is access to the maximum effective range to shoot your weapon safely (within reason) and a weapon that will give reliable and consistent results at any given range under repeatable circumstances... AND then practice steadily increasing your range to target over time under the given circumstances (like wind velocity 14 knots from right to left)... It takes a mountain of patience, but learning to "aim for" as opposed to "aim at" is plenty beneficial, especially for the out door ranges where a bit of friendly gambling can be had. ;o)
@nullpoint3346
@nullpoint3346 3 роки тому
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Thank you.
@gnarthdarkanen7464
@gnarthdarkanen7464 3 роки тому
@@nullpoint3346 Always welcome, bro'! You don't get born with this stuff as instincts, so if I can shorten your research to finding out, it's worth it. ;o)
@0dan56
@0dan56 5 років тому
Worked as a machinist over 30 years and today was the first time I'd heard of a metrologist. Seems google hasn't heard of it either. Red lined it, had to add to dictionary. A real smarter every day. I think this is my favorite. Good job, O'dan
@Bdmaurice
@Bdmaurice 4 роки тому
Who designs the machines?
@ogarnogin5160
@ogarnogin5160 4 роки тому
I worked at Pratt & Whitney jets The meteorologist used to experiment with alloys , Not in the machining end of things
@jamesbizs
@jamesbizs 4 роки тому
Ogar Nogin LOL “meteorologist”. Yeah, probably not tho
@miceondice3688
@miceondice3688 5 років тому
if you shoot this at someone they would be hexa-gone
@MrSonny6155
@MrSonny6155 5 років тому
Should have been the marketing campaign.
@Thirst4livingwater
@Thirst4livingwater 5 років тому
Zaza Ha!
@waynejones3428
@waynejones3428 5 років тому
That was bore-ing!💥🔫
@soatnod9573
@soatnod9573 5 років тому
Coincidentally that's very close to my alt's name in minecraft
@milm5571
@milm5571 5 років тому
Good pun man!
@DaxxTerryGreen
@DaxxTerryGreen 3 роки тому
Excellent work as usual friend. Well done!
@danapted
@danapted 3 роки тому
Good job. I, like your dad, have been a PMEL, metrology technician for 50 years now. I did not know the history of the hex weapons. I like learning new historical information.
@ceciljb
@ceciljb 4 роки тому
Leaning against my desk is a 12 gauge Iver Johnson shotgun (1939-1941, I believe). The internal bolt that secures the stock to the lock frame is a 7/32 inch major diameter by 24 threads per inch BSW Whitworth.
@VSO_Gun_Channel
@VSO_Gun_Channel 4 роки тому
Threaded barrel 1/2 - 28
@aaronziebarth8243
@aaronziebarth8243 3 роки тому
Wow I didn’t know you watched him. I’m a big fan of you m8
@linkbond08
@linkbond08 3 роки тому
5/8x24 is best girl.
@scopopulus
@scopopulus 3 роки тому
is it really a fastener, though?
@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat 3 роки тому
:0
@TreeCutterDoug
@TreeCutterDoug 3 роки тому
I watched this two years ago, and I'm just as impressed watching it again today.
@bhanunihale4576
@bhanunihale4576 3 роки тому
Children: I think you're gonna enjoy this. Literally every parent in the world: "Ok"
@Znarffi
@Znarffi 5 років тому
Thats 25.4 nanometers for us who use metric.
@HYEOL
@HYEOL 5 років тому
Å?
@Ranstone
@Ranstone 5 років тому
I'm sorry; I can't hear you over the sound of our flag silently standing on the moon.
@Robert82
@Robert82 5 років тому
@@Ranstone ok.. that was funny .. wife thinks I'm even more odd, if that was even possible
@denisl2760
@denisl2760 5 років тому
@@Ranstone Funny thing about the whole moon thing, NASA scientists and engineers actually used metric for most of the important technical details.
@HYEOL
@HYEOL 5 років тому
@@Ranstone Werner von Braun
@depereo4de
@depereo4de 5 років тому
I'm a laser calibration service technician so my day to day is usually spent improving the geometry and accuracy of CNCs and CMMs. Microns, millionths of an inch, and arc seconds are fascinating levels of accuracy! Very cool video to see how it all started! I primarily use a laser interferometer for my work. Keep up the great work!
@downandout9753
@downandout9753 5 років тому
could you care to explain to me how the distance between a hard disk and it's reader is measured, as I've heard it's the width of a human dna . (around few nanometers )
@thirtythree160
@thirtythree160 5 років тому
Have you ever thought about doing videos on the equipment you are working on or is that equipment secret stuff?
@depereo4de
@depereo4de 5 років тому
@@thirtythree160 I haven't really thought about it before. I'm not sure how much of an interest there would be. Some of the locations are strict about no photography as they are proprietary, aeronautical, defense contracts, etc. But, I do enough that is not controlled that I'm sure I could do a video if I wanted to.
@depereo4de
@depereo4de 5 років тому
@@downandout9753 Unfortunately I don't have a lot of experience with that specific type of measurement. From what little I know it works by comparing the harmonics ratio in a repeating data pattern then adjusted accordingly. My primary tool is a laser interferometer which compares the known wavelength of a fixed beam to one moving with the machine being measured. Both are reflected back into the laser head where the wavelengths are measured and compared. The way a hard drive head measures distance seems similar, but using different methods.
@downandout9753
@downandout9753 5 років тому
@@depereo4de thanks for the reply.
@corgisandweims
@corgisandweims 3 роки тому
Wow! You look so much like your dad! May God bless you both, now and always! Thanks for sharing such great videos!
@michaeldimmitt2188
@michaeldimmitt2188 3 роки тому
Gotta say, your dad is awesome! I wish I knew him... thanks for sharing him with us!
@MrRolnicek
@MrRolnicek 5 років тому
Destin, you SAY we're at the dawn of precision medicine. That probably doesn't mean much to most people. But genetically modifying a patients own immune cells to fight off the patients own cancer has been approved now (pretty sure I read that somewhere). Think about that, we analyze the cancer DNA, find out how it's different from healthy DNA, take immune cells and precisely modify them to be able to detect the cancer as a threat. Then we put them back into the body
@timwildauer5063
@timwildauer5063 5 років тому
Exactly, it's totally fantastic what scientists are doing. To give a little more detail, they essentially do the same thing that vaccines do. There are tiny proteins on the outside of every cell that let it interact with everything around it. Healthy cells have protein markers that let your immune system know that they're your cells and that they're not bad. Viruses and bacteria have markers that look completely different from healthy cells, and vaccines contain replicas of those markers without the bad parts that can hurt your body, so that your immune cells can detect and destroy the bacteria and viruses when they happen to get into your body. Cancer cells look a lot like healthy cells, but by analyzing the DNA closely as well as the cancer cell components, they can find the cell markers that are unique to the cancer cells, and then they can teach your immune system how to find those specific markers and destroy the cancer cells. I'm not sure what all has been approved or not (it might only be approved for certain kinds of cancer), but the technology is there and it has the potential to help lots of people!
@electronicsNmore
@electronicsNmore 5 років тому
Highly informative as usual! Great video
@J.A.Smith2397
@J.A.Smith2397 3 роки тому
Truly some of the most awesome n beautiful footage ever!
@scootskute
@scootskute 3 роки тому
The nearest fastener to me is a 5/16in-18. I inherited a box of random hardware from my wife's grandfather, and have pulled a few things out of it as I have needed them. This one fit perfectly as an axle through skateboard bearings I used in a spool carrier I printed for my 3D printer. Though the coarse thread is not standard for the skateboard, the diameter is correct and I have nuts that work with it.
@green1sounds
@green1sounds 5 років тому
Hello and thank you. I am sat up a tower crane in Manchester England on Whitworth Street named after Joseph Whitworth until watching this video I had no idea about this man thanks once again brilliant keep up the good work.
@bobclark4994
@bobclark4994 4 роки тому
Thanx for the excellent vid. As part of my work life I was involved with research that measured stuff (relatively) to a fraction of a wavelength of light using interferometry. As a pioneer what Whitworth did was amazing!
@stevegoodwin4471
@stevegoodwin4471 3 роки тому
Really beautiful video of the cannon firing. Thank you!
@billymanilli
@billymanilli 3 роки тому
10:40 I know it's 2 years later, but my RC10GT (r/c truck), I'm currently restoring uses mainly 4-40 threaded screws of various lengths. ;D I'm REALLY enjoying going back through your older vids, man!
@gibbo1112
@gibbo1112 5 років тому
whats the TPI/thread pitch of DNA?
@soranuareane
@soranuareane 5 років тому
About 7.5 x 10^7 TPI. That's one turn every 34 Å.
@benjamin9440
@benjamin9440 5 років тому
@@soranuareane Great explanation! to put it in more commonly known terms that would be: 75 million threads per inch. One turn every 0.00000001 centimeters. About 7,470.6 turns every thou (thousandth of an inch). For reference, a sheet of printer paper is about 0.004 inches (0.01cm) thick. Pretty incredible! :)
@Stuve715
@Stuve715 5 років тому
I read somewhere but cannot find it online that several years before Watson and Crick deduced the double helix structure of DNA, a British mathematician figured out that the double helix would be a recurring structure in biological systems (and Watson and Crick were apparently unaware of his work).
@Tomas.Malina
@Tomas.Malina 5 років тому
Technically, it also depends on the DNA conformation at that time - there are three major DNA helix forms - A, B, and Z, plus several less common ones (C, D, ...). Each of those helix forms has a different TPI - most common B-form is 34 Å per turn, A-form is more compact at 28 Å per turn and Z-form is loose at approximately 230 Å per turn.
@PandaMane
@PandaMane 5 років тому
Can someone please explain what the "A" thing means?
@masongstevens
@masongstevens 5 років тому
After seeing Ian's video on Forgotten Weapons of the Whitworth rifle, and being an engineer and precision firearms enthusiast myself, this video just made my day. Thanks, Dustin.
@ItAbel-xy3xk
@ItAbel-xy3xk 5 років тому
Mason Stevens destin**
@eideticex
@eideticex 3 роки тому
I am very grateful for Witworth's work. My 3D printer is a truly remarkable demonstration of what his work lead to. Absurdly fast movements, absurdly accurate with no sound due to the extreme precision all the way down the line.
@mrfancypanzer549
@mrfancypanzer549 8 місяців тому
I worked at a heritage railway, the locomotives had a mix of metric and Whitworth threads. the guy was a genius, he contributed so much to the world of mechanics.
@danlorett2184
@danlorett2184 4 роки тому
Closest screws to me are the 2-56 flathead machine screws holding the hinges on my glasses.
@johntuffy5721
@johntuffy5721 4 роки тому
those are prolly not 2-56 ... sorry
@finjanx9402
@finjanx9402 4 роки тому
I'm seriously happy when watching your video, your videos brighten my day!
@MrArcher0
@MrArcher0 3 роки тому
This is what slow motion was designed for! Some of the best Slow-motion footage that I have ever seen!
@martyb3783
@martyb3783 2 роки тому
Fascinating! As one who works on very high precision CNC machines, I love stuff like this. Trying to explain to someone that your machine tolerance is < 20 microns is difficult. Great job.
@benjaminturner1328
@benjaminturner1328 5 років тому
Thanks Destin! What a great video! I have worked as an engineer in metrology for most of my career doing super accurate measuring as well. Metrology is often under appreciated, even viewed as a necessary evil, at least where I was. But your video shows correctly that it is the foundation of manufacturing, and like the foundation of a house, may be invisible but critically important. Indeed, better metrology leads to better tools and process control, better tools and process control to better products, and better products to better lives.
@jpe1
@jpe1 5 років тому
Benjamin Turner I was with you to the last sentence. While I will grant that worse products will typically lead to worse lives, I’m not at all convinced that better products lead to better lives. Better products are simply better products; how they are used determines if lives are improved or diminished.
@benjaminturner1328
@benjaminturner1328 5 років тому
@@jpe1 True. I should have said we have the power to live better lives. We have cars, computers, plenty of all sort of food in the local grocery. Whether this is a better life is subjective. Like everything, it definitely has pros and cons. Also true we needed great precision to efficiently build nuclear weapons. Whether to use our ability for good or bad is largely a matter of the heart, although sometimes even good uses have unintended consequences. It is definitely amazing to live in a time where Destin can make a video, post it to the world, and we can see it and discuss it!
@ninepuchar1
@ninepuchar1 5 років тому
Without these precision technology, don't know where we all be. Every piece of technology is equally important as it will be the foundation for future ones (๑•̀ᄇ•́)و ✧.
@philgiglio7922
@philgiglio7922 8 місяців тому
​...there was only 1 company capable of creating the molds needed for the explosive lenses of Fatman...Chrysler. They shut down the pattern shop for a week to produce molds to within 10,000 of an inch. They were making molds for radial engines at the time IIRC
@tbthegr81
@tbthegr81 5 років тому
Forgotten Weapons have a good video about the Whitworth Rifle
@brutongaster8184
@brutongaster8184 5 років тому
Ooh, I can't wait to see that!
@trrrewr
@trrrewr 3 роки тому
I love falling down the rabbit hole of "how did we arrive here?" when it comes to machining & manufacturing. I think part of it is while computers are great and give us things like 5-axis CNC mills, it's current and I understand them and the underlying concepts already. Whereas it used to be very mechanical and due to said computers, it's no longer current so we just don't think like that as much any more. So much truth to the saying "Everything old is new again." Thanks for the great video!
@danieljones317
@danieljones317 3 роки тому
I worked in the warehouse that packaged all, and I mean ALL of the fasteners for Lowe's when they were getting ready to open across the land. I learned about all the threads and pitches, and a lot more. Went to a Lowe's not long ago, looking for a specific bolt, and told the store associate that I packaged all of it, and I KNOW what they have. She said I knew more than she did, and took off to help someone else!
@BeCurieUs
@BeCurieUs 5 років тому
It is fun to be able to pin point an artifact to a specific day! SO COOL!
@tubeman2010
@tubeman2010 4 роки тому
This is my favorite smarter everyday video. I can watch it over and over.
@mutualbeard
@mutualbeard 3 роки тому
I'm feeling smarter already. I remember reading about Whitworth's work many years ago and look forward to the day when we don't have the frustration of imperial and metric bolts.
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