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TABLE 3 COMPARISON OF WIRE GAUGES' 



The sizes of wires are ordinarily expressed by an arbitrary series of numbers. 

 Unfortunately there are several independent numbering methods, so that it is always 

 necessary to specify the method 1 or wire gauge used. The following table gives the 

 numbers and diameters in decimal parts of an inch for the various wire gauges used 

 in this country, Great Britain and the United (States. 



English Legal Standard Gauge. Also called New British Standard Gauge, or 

 British Imperial .Standard, and very commonly used, in Great Britain and this 

 country. 



Birmingham Gauge. Used largely in Great Britain and some of the British 

 Dominions for the measurement of wires of all kinds. In the United States it is 

 applied mostly to the measurement of iron wire. 



