Ladder

Four terminal — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. -6-4-201m10m100m1101001kresistance being measured (ohms)log₁₀ of the reading's errortwo wiresfour wiresone per centtwo wires are 1% out at 10 Ωsolved, then checked — two arrangements, not two formulastwo wires fail below 10 Ω

    Two terminals measure the leads as well

    Fifty milliohms in each lead makes a two-wire measurement one per cent high at ten ohms, ten per cent high at one ohm, and a hundred per cent high at a tenth. Not approximately — the reading is the resistance plus the leads, and below about ten ohms most of what is being reported is the wire between the instrument and the thing.

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