Figure 2. Fork calipers perform two tasks at once. They measure the thickness of the fork arm. shank (Fig. 1) and then automatically. indicate what a 10% wear factor would be when the. calipers are applied to the blade cross section (Fig. 2). 50mm/2.
Historically they have spoken the dialect of German known as Pennsylvania German or Pennsylvania Dutch. In this context, the word Dutch does not refer to the Dutch people or their descendants, but to Deutsch (German).ennsylvania Dutch is most likely a corruption of the endonym Deitsch, which is a local variant of the modern German endonym Deutsch, meaning German.
Pennsylvania was colonized on December 12, 1787. Most people that came to Pennsylvania were from Spain and Holland. The Spanish came to the colony in the 1600âs, and later it was invaded by the Dutch and the explorations of Henry Hudson. This was the cause of the later establishment of the Dutch West India Company in Pennsylvania, making the Dutch the first Europeans to occupy the land.