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English: The Ferranti measurement system - using diffraction gratings for 5 micrometer precision over up to 1.5 meter span. US patent 2886717, by D. T. N. Williamson, filed 14-03-1953
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Source US patent 2886717, part of figure 1
Author en:David Theodore Nelson Williamson
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