Golden Calipers: The History of the MotorTrend "Of The Year" Trophy
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Ever wonder how MotorTrend’s famous trophy came to be?
Of course, no one who designs or engineers a new car, truck, or SUV in the 21st century uses a device whose basic concept dates back at least 2,600 years to accurately determine the outside diameter of machined parts. What’s more, some old-school automotive engineers from the pre-digital age—engineers who used slide rules and log tables and pencils and paper to create some of the world’s most famous vehicles—have suggested our trophy’s distinctively curved spring-joint calipers are the wrong type, more suited to woodwork than metalwork. (In case you wonder, firm-joint calipers—which means both arms pivot around a common top axis—enable the more precise measurement of outside diameters required by metal machinists compared to their woodworking colleagues.)
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Location Armenia
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Booking Link https://www.motortrend.com/features/history-of-motortrend-golden-calipers-trophy-award/photos/
Start Date & Time 25 Sep 2024 12:00
End Date & Time 30 Sep 2024 12:00
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