Their calibrations appear to indicate that they are set in decimal series.
6 seconds sound clip from the Forbidden Planet (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:58:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Everything here is new. Not a sign of age or wear on any of it.
- Two thousand centuries. And during all this time, what was the power source?
- That's a very good question.
- May I draw your attention to these gauges all around here, gentlemen.
- Their calibrations appear to indicate that they are set in decimal series.
- Each division recording exactly 10 times as many amperes as the one preceding it.
- But there is no direct wiring that I can discover.
- And then when I activate the educator here... it registers a little more.
[...]
Actors: Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Edward Morbius), Anne Francis (Altaira "Alta" Morbius), Leslie Nielsen (Commander John J. Adams), Robby the Robot (Marvin Miller)
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