diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f1d3a04..1557c5c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,18 +47,6 @@ No measurement is exact. No surface is compeletely flat. Every measurement you make has two types of uncertainties, systematic and random. Systematic uncertainties come from faults in your assumptions or equipment. -### Lab #1 - Measurements of machining precision and accuracy - -**Outline and figures at beginning of following lab** - -All measurements have traceable standards. There are seven base units in SI - -meter (length), second (time), Mole (amount of substance), Ampere (electric -current), Kelvin (temperature), Candela (Luminous intensity), and kilogram -(mass) [1](https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/metric-si/si-units). -Any measurement you make should have some method to check against a reference. -In this lab, we will use calipers that measure dimensions i.e. meter\*10$^{-3}$ -(length). Calipers can always be verified to work with gage blocks. - ### Lab #0 - Introduction to the Student t-test **Outline and figures due Wed 9/5 by 5pm** @@ -79,7 +67,3 @@ model. Here are some examples for caliper measurements: In theory, all uncertainies could be accounted for by factoring in all physics in your readings. In reality, there is a diminishing return on investment for this practice. So we use some statistical insights to draw conclusions. - - - -