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
Very thin wire--i.e. above No. 20 on the Birmingham wire gauge — does not do, for it gets burned through, and perhaps allows the work to fall apart at a critical moment.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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.
A simple wire gauge is usually formed of a piece of steel containing numerous notches, whose widths are equal to the intended thickness to be measured in each respective notch.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
A comparison between the Brown and Sharpe and the Birmingham wire-gauge is shown in Fig.
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
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
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
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
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