Timeline for Fashioning higher precision tool from a lower precision tool
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| Aug 16, 2022 at 11:34 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | If you have a precise compass then you can measure a distance of $2^n k$ and halve it $n$ times using the standard compass and straight edge construction to get a measurement of $k$ with an error of $2^{-n}$ mm. | |
| Aug 16, 2022 at 9:16 | history | asked | user3653831 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |