A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of $EMF$ because the method involves 
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A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of emf because the method involves a condition of no current flow through the galvanometer, the device can be used to measure potential difference, internal resistance of a cell and compare emf's of two sources.
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