Scales, Continued
Types of scales
CHAIN or CIVIL ENGINEER’S SCALE: This scale is ideal for graphs. It
may represent any measurable quantity in multiples of 10. It has six scale
faces fully divided into decimal units.
Figure 2-63 shows scales from a chain or civil engineer’s scale.
Figure 2-63. —Chain or civil engineer’s scale.
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