Kare sezana ramakore rechi 18, ma micrometer akakwira padanho rekugadzira mukusimudzira indasitiri yezvishandiso zvemuchina. Kusvika nanhasi, iyo micrometer inoramba iri imwe yeanonyanya kuenderana nematurusi ekuyeresa mumusangano. Zvino ngationei kuti micrometer yakazvarwa sei.
Vanhu vakatanga kushandisa nheyo yeshinda kuyera urefu hwezvinhu muzana remakore rechi17. Muna 1638, W. Gascogine, nyanzvi yezvenyeredzi muYorkshire, England, akashandisa nheyo yeshinda kuyera kureba kwenyeredzi. Gare gare, muna 1693, akagadzira mutongi wekuyera anonzi "caliper micrometer".
Iyi isheti yekuyeresa ine shinda ine shinda yakasungirirwa kuvhiri reruoko rinotenderera kune rimwe divi uye shaya dzinofambiswa kune imwe. Kuverengwa kwechiyero kunogona kuwanikwa nekuverenga kutenderera kwevhiri remaoko neine dial yekuverenga. Vhiki redhivha rekuverenga rakakamurwa kuita zvikamu gumi zvakaenzana, uye chinhambwe chinoyerwa nekufambisa chikwambo chekuyeresa, icho chinoziva kuedza kwekutanga kwevanhu kuyera kureba neshinda.
Maturusi ekuyeresa chaiwo akange asiri kuwanikwa mukutengesa kusvika pakupera kwezana ramakore re19. Sir Joseph Whitworth, akagadzira yakakurumbira "Whitworth thread", akava munhu anotungamira mukusimudzira kushambadzira kwema micrometer. Brown & Sharpe weAmerican B&S Company vakashanyira Paris International Exposition yakaitwa muna 1867, kwavakaona Palmer micrometer kekutanga ndokuidzosa kuUnited States. Brown & Sharpe vakanyatsoongorora micrometer yavakanga vadzoka kubva kuParis uye vakawedzera nzira mbiri kwairi: nzira yekudzora zviri nani ye spindle uye lock lock. Vakagadzira iyo pocket micrometer muna 1868 uye vakaiunza kumusika gore raitevera.
Kubva ipapo, iko kudikanwa kwemamicrometer mumashopu ekugadzira michina kwakafanotaurwa nenzira kwayo, uye mamicrometer akakodzera kuyerwa kwakasiyana akashandiswa zvakanyanya nekuvandudzwa kwemidziyo yemuchina.
