a flat plate with slots in which standard wire sizes can be measured
a standard system of sizes for measuring the diameters of wires
First recorded in 1825–35
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A wire’s size is referred to as the wire gauge.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
And fences must meet strict criteria on height, wire gauge and post spacing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2015
The metal of the tubes is somewhat thicker at the end next the fire, being 13 wire gauge at fire box end, and 14 wire gauge at smoke box end.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
The thicknesses of circular saws is designated in terms of the Birmingham wire gauge, whose numbers and thicknesses are shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The steam pipe is of brass, No. 14. wire gauge, perforated within the boiler barrel with holes 1/12th of an inch in diameter along its upper side.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
The following table gives the numbers and sizes of the Birmingham wire-gauge.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Thus, in the following table are given the gauge-numbers and their respective sizes in decimal parts of an inch, as determined by Holtzapffel in 1843, and to which sizes the Birmingham wire-gauge is made.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Below is given the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company’s music wire-gauge.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Since, however, Mr. Stubs has also a wire-gauge of his own, whose numbers and gauge-sizes do not correspond to those of the Birmingham gauge, the two Stubs gauges are sometimes confounded.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This gauge is sometimes termed the Stubs wire-gauge, Mr. Stubs being a manufacturer of instruments whose notches are spaced according to the Birmingham wire-gauge.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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