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.
Most of the German immigrants sailed to Pennsylvania from Dutch ports, such as Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Holland, after coming down the Rhine River from Germany. Thus, English speaking people may have confused them as being Dutch because the ship lists reported they embarked for the new world from Dutch ports.