Lugemi interpoleerimisseade loodi 1542. a süsteemina mõõdiste täpsemaks lugemiseks mõõteinstrumentidelt, nagu astrolaab, mille järgnevalt prantsuse matemaatik Pierre Vernier kohandas selle süsteemi 1631. a nooniuseks.
The nonius was created in 1542 as a system for taking finer measurements on circular instruments such as the astrolabe, and the system was eventually adapted into the vernier scale in 1631 by the French mathematician Pierre Vernier.
