This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The table shows the value in inches of the sizes on the principal wire gauges.
Number of Gauge. | London or Old English. | English Legal Standard. | Stubbs or Birmingham. | Brown and Sharpe. | Roebling. |
Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | Inches. | |
0000000 | __ | .5 | - | - | __ |
000000 | - . | •464 | - | - | •46 |
00*00 | - | •432 | _ | - | .43 |
0000 | •454 | •4 | •454 | •46 | ■393 |
ooo | ■425 | •372 | ■425 | •40961 | •362 |
00 | •38 | •318 | •38 | •364 | •331 |
0 | •34 | •324 | •34 | •32486 | ■307 |
1 | •3 | "3 | ■3 | •2893 | ■283 |
2 | •284 | •276 | •284 | •25763 | •263 |
3 | •259 | •252 | •259 | •22942 | •244 |
4 | •238 | •232 | •238 | •20431 | •225 |
5 | .22 | •212 | .22 | T8194 | •207 |
6 | •203 | •192 | •203 | •16202 | •192 |
7 | .18 | •176 | •18 | •14428 | •177 |
8 | •105 | •16 | •165 | •12849 | •162 |
9 | •148 | •144 | •148 | •11443 | •148 |
10 | .134 | •128 | •134 | •10189 | •135 |
11 | •12 | •116 | ■12 | •09074 | •12 |
12 . | •109 | •104 | •109 | •08081 | •105 |
13 | ■095 | •092 | •095 | •07196 | •092 |
14 | ■083 | •08 | •083 | •06408 | •08 |
15 | •072 | •072 | •072 | •05706 | •072 |
10 | ■065 | •064 | •065 | •05082 | •063 |
17 | ■058 | •056 | •058 | •04525 | •054 |
18 | .019 | •018 | •049 | ■0103 | •047 |
1!) | •04 | ■04 | •012 | •03589 | •041 |
20 | ■035 | •036 | •035 | •0 1196 | ■035 |
21 | •0315 | •032 | ■032 | •02846 | •032 |
22 | ■0295 | •0.8 | ■028 | •02534 | •028 |
23 | •027 | •024 | •025 | •02257 | ■025 |
24 | ■025 | •022 | •022 | •0201 | •023 |
25 | ■023 | •02 | ■02 | •0179 | •02 |
20 | •020.") | •018 | •018 | •01594 | •018 |
27 | •01875 | •0164 | •016 | •01419 | •017 |
28 | •0165 | •0148 | •014 | •01264 | •016 |
29 | •0155 | •0136 | •013 | •01125 | •015 |
30 | ■01375 | •0124 | •012 | •01002 | •014 |
31 | ■01225. | •0116 | •01 | •00893 | •0135 |
32 | •01125 | •0108 | •009 | •00795 | •013 |
33 | •01025 | •01 | •008 | •00708 | •011 |
34 | •0095 | ■0092 | •007 | •0063 | •01 |
35 | •009 | •0084 | •005 | •00561 | •0095 |
36 | •0075 | •0076 | •004 | •005 | •009 |
 
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