.. Handy notes and queries . ADING HARDWARE CO., READING, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF* BUILDERS HARDWARE, In Real Bronze, Brass and Bronzed Iron, IN VARIOUS FINISHES KNOWN AS GENEVA BRONZED, AMERICAN BRONZED,ALBION BRONZED, COPPER BRONZED, PERSIAN BRONZED, GERMAN BRONZED,JAPANNED, ETC Registers, Ventilators, Borders, Apple-Parerfy Fiower-Pot Brackets, Scales, etc. WAREHOUSES : 81 Reade St., New York. - 514 Commerce St., Philadelphia. OFFICE AND FACTORY : 201 to 207 EAST JEESET STEEET, ELIZABETH, H. OF Porcelain, Jet, Mineral and Wood Door and Furniture Knobs.
.. Handy notes and queries . ADING HARDWARE CO., READING, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF* BUILDERS HARDWARE, In Real Bronze, Brass and Bronzed Iron, IN VARIOUS FINISHES KNOWN AS GENEVA BRONZED, AMERICAN BRONZED,ALBION BRONZED, COPPER BRONZED, PERSIAN BRONZED, GERMAN BRONZED,JAPANNED, ETC Registers, Ventilators, Borders, Apple-Parerfy Fiower-Pot Brackets, Scales, etc. WAREHOUSES : 81 Reade St., New York. - 514 Commerce St., Philadelphia. OFFICE AND FACTORY : 201 to 207 EAST JEESET STEEET, ELIZABETH, H. OF Porcelain, Jet, Mineral and Wood Door and Furniture Knobs. No Lead or Cement Used in Fas-tening Shanks and Knobs. This is the only Knob now on the mar-ket that cannot possibly become de-tached or come off without break-ing the knob. Highly Endorsed and Sold by the Lead-ing Hardware Houses of the United States COSTS no MORE than ORDINARY KNOBS,ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT AND TAKE NO OTHER. PRICE-LISTS ON APPLICATION. NEW YORK OFFICE, 121 CHAMBERS STREET. C. P. LEGGETT Mfg. of IV. HOPKINS HANDY NOTES AND QUERIES. Use of Wire in Telegraph Service. No. 4, much used on important lines whore the multiplex systems are inuse. In the United States in the past few seasuLa largely replacing smallersizes. About 3 per cent, of telegraph wire used in United States is No. 6. No. S, medium size for circuits not exceeding 400 miles. Most largelyused in Unitid States, new giving way to No. 4. No. 9 represents about one-half the wire in U. S Telegraph service. No. 10, shorter circuits, railway telegraph aud private lines in and Europe. Nob. 11 and 12, short circuits, police and fire aarnv, telephone, etc. Nos. 14 to 16, short private lines and for telephone service, a low eteelbeing the material. XJse of Large Wire. Much of th^ new, and all of he most important 1ne construction of theAY stern Union Telegraph Ccmpary, in the pas*t two or three seasons ha3called for No. 4 Wire in place of No. S and No. 9, as a ma ked tendency inadvanced t
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