Question

Ten difference between plane scale and diagonal scale

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Plain or Simple scales, 2. ... Scale of chords. Simple or Plain Scales: They read or measure up to two units or a unit and its sub-division, for example centimetres (cm) and millimetres (mm). When measurements are required up to first decimal, for example 2.3 m or 4.6 cm etc.

Diagonal scale is an engineering measuring instrument which is composed of a set of parallel straight lines which are obliquely crossed by another set of straight lines. Diagonal scales are used to measure small fractions of the unit of measurement