Weight Of Nails
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This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
Weight Of Nails
Name. | Length. Inches. | No. per lb. |
3 penny. | 1 | 557 |
4 " ...... | 1¼ | 353 |
5 " ..... | 1¾ | 232 |
6 " ...... | 2 | 175 |
7 " ...... | 2¼ | 141 |
Name. | Length. Inches. | No. per lb. |
8 penny....... | 2½ | 101 |
10 " | 2¾ | 68 |
12 " ..... | 8 | 54 |
20 " ..... | 3½ | 34 |
* Price in Philadelphia, 1873, about 5 cents per pound. Roofing nails of tinned iron, 12 cents. Copper noils, SO cents.
- The sizes and weights vary considerably with different makers. The above are machine-made, or cut nails, in distinction to the wrought nails made by the blacksmith.
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