What is it?

Nope, but you are on the right track. Think small.

 

Haha, I took that the wrong way, didn't I?

With the clamp face being only an inch wide, I am assuming the parts it clamps are very thin, as in maybe a millimeter or two at most?

Would it be used in the assembly/manufacture of antique era scientific instruments. Maybe scales?

 

I always figured you were smart enough to know when something had run it's course.

 

OK, so you are not smart. Got it.

 

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Not scales. but you are warm.

In fact, it does. You are very warm.