. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . rain at any given place. Salt-gauge, or salinometer,a contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its 3138. specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. Standard gauges,templates, and patterns of certain parts, and tools common to allmachine work. Steam-gauge, an instrument for measuring the pres-sure of steam in a boiler. Tide-gauge, an instrument for determiningthe height of the tides. Vacuum-gauge., a species of barometer fo
. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . rain at any given place. Salt-gauge, or salinometer,a contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its 3138. specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. Standard gauges,templates, and patterns of certain parts, and tools common to allmachine work. Steam-gauge, an instrument for measuring the pres-sure of steam in a boiler. Tide-gauge, an instrument for determiningthe height of the tides. Vacuum-gauge., a species of barometer fordetermining the relative elasticities of the vapour in the condenser ofa steam-engine and the air, or for indicating the difference betweenthe vacuum of a condenser and a perfect vacuum. Water-gauge, acontrivance for indicating the depth of water as in a steam-boiler,as by a gauge-glass or cock. The term water-gauge is also applied tothe height of water in a boiler, as three gauges of water, that is waterup to the third cock. See Anemometer. Details of Fan. Meters. Wire Gauge, Fig. Table of THE Birmingham Wire Gauge, by Sabine and Clark. No. d = diam. in d^. Sect, area in No. d = diam, in d^. Sesqi ct. area in B. W. G. inches. square inches. B. W. G. i aches, lare inches. 1 circ. in. 1-000 1 0000 •7854 13| 089 •0079 •00622 0000 •454 2061 •16188 14 083 •0069 •00541 000 •425 1806 •14186 141 077 •0059 •00466 00 •380 1444 •11341 15 072 •0052 •00407 0 •340 1156 •09079 15i 068 0046 •00363 1 •300 0900 •07068 16 065 0042 •00332 2 •284 0807 •06335 17 058 00336 •00264 3 •259 0671 •05268 18 049 00240 00188 4 •238 0566 •04449 19 042 00176 00138 5 •220 0484 •03801 20 035 00123 00096 5è •211 0445 •03497 21 032 00102 00080 6 •203 0412 •03236 22 028 00078 00061 61 •191 0365 •02865 23 025 00063 00049 7 •180 0324 •02545 24 022 00048 00038 Ve •172 0269 •02324 25 02
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