United States 
               Securities and Exchange Commission
                     Washington, D.C.  20549




                          SCHEDULE 13G




            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                     (Amendment No.   10   )

                    Nanometrics Incorporated
                        (name of issuer)

                   Common Stock, No par value      
                   (title of class securities)

                            630077105      
                         (CUSIP number)




          Check if a fee is being paid with this statement.  (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous
statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five
percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has
filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial
ownership
of five percent or less of such class.) (See rule 13d-7).

CUSIP No. 630077105           13G                

1 - NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     Eaton Vance Management
     #04-3101341

2 - CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP        ___ (a)
                                                            _X_ (b)
     Group Disclaimed

3 - SEC USE ONLY



4 - CITIZENSHIP OF PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     Boston, Massachusetts

  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   
  WITH:

     5 - SOLE VOTING POWER

		0 Shares

     6 - SHARED VOTING POWER

		0 Shares

     7 - SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

          0 Shares

     8 - SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

		0 Shares

9 - AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     	0 Shares

10 - CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT ON ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN 
     SHARES


 
11 - PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT ON ROW 9

     0.00%

12 - TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
     
     IA                         

                    Amendment to Schedule 13G


Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:

     Nanometrics Incorporated

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:

     310 Deguigne Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94086

Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:

     Eaton Vance Management

Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office of Person Filing:

     24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Item 2(c) Citizenship:

     United States

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:

     Common Stock, No par value

Item 2(e) CUSIP Number

     630077105

Item 3    Eligibility to File Schedule 13G:

Eaton Vance Management is an investment adviser registered under
Section 203 of the Investment Adviser Act of 1940, and acts as
investment adviser to investment companies registered under Section
8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Item 4    Ownership:
	
	Not applicable
	 
Item 5    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

This report is being filed to report the fact that as of August 31,
1995 Eaton Vance Management has ceased to be the beneficial owner
of the common stock of Nanometric Incorporated.

Item 6    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
          Person:

     Not applicable



Item 7    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
          Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent
          Holding Company:

     Not applicable

Item 8    Identification and Classification of Members of the
          Group:

     Not applicable


Item 9    Notice of Dissolution of Group:

     Not applicable

Item 10   Certification:

This is Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13G dated as of February 14,
1986 of Eaton Vance Management, Inc.

All disclaimers set forth in the previous filings are incorporated
herein by reference.

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and
belief, Eaton Vance Management certifies that the information set
forth in this Amendment is true, complete and correct.

                                   EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT



September 8, 1995                   By: Douglas C. Miller         
                                        Assistant Vice President