Nko mu kinyejana cya 18, micrometero zateye intambwe yo gukora mugutezimbere inganda zikoresha imashini. Kugeza uyu munsi, micrometero ikomeza kuba kimwe mubikoresho byinshi byo gupima neza mu mahugurwa. Noneho reka turebe uko micrometero yavutse.
Abantu babanje gukoresha ihame ryinsanganyamatsiko kugirango bapime uburebure bwibintu mu kinyejana cya 17. Mu 1638, W. Gascogine, umuhanga mu bumenyi bw'ikirere i Yorkshire, mu Bwongereza, yakoresheje ihame ry'urudodo kugira ngo apime intera y'inyenyeri. Nyuma, mu 1693, yahimbye umutegetsi wo gupima witwa "caliper micrometer".
Ubu ni uburyo bwo gupima hamwe n'umugozi ufite umugozi ufatanye n'intoki zizunguruka ku mpera imwe n'urwasaya rwimuka ku rundi. Ibipimo byo gupima birashobora kuboneka mukubara kuzenguruka intoki hamwe nimvugo yo gusoma. Icyumweru cyo gusoma cyo gusoma kigabanyijemo ibice 10 bingana, kandi intera irapimwa no kwimura inzara yo gupima, ikamenya kugerageza kwambere kwabantu gupima uburebure nu mugozi.
Ibikoresho byo gupima neza ntabwo byaboneka mubucuruzi kugeza igice cyanyuma cyikinyejana cya 19. Sir Joseph Whitworth, wahimbye icyamamare "Whitworth thread", yabaye umuntu wa mbere mu guteza imbere ubucuruzi bwa micrometero. Brown & Sharpe wo muri Sosiyete y'Abanyamerika B&S yasuye imurikagurisha mpuzamahanga rya Paris ryabaye mu 1867, aho babonye micrometero ya Palmer bwa mbere barayigarura muri Amerika. Brown & Sharpe yize yitonze micrometero bari bagaruye i Paris bongeraho uburyo bubiri kuri yo: uburyo bwo kugenzura neza uruziga no gufunga uruziga. Bakoze micrometero yo mu mufuka mu 1868 bayizana ku isoko umwaka ukurikira.
Kuva icyo gihe, ibikenerwa bya micrometero mu mahugurwa yo gukora imashini byahanuwe neza, kandi micrometero zibereye ibipimo bitandukanye zagiye zikoreshwa cyane mugutezimbere ibikoresho byimashini.
