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Kat & Ken Sunday, August 24, 1997
   
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    Jess4203 AT aol.com  said Regarding the Brown and Sharp gage of
    metals, you are the physicist, but I would assume that they are
    linear.  It's just that bigger gages are smaller and I guess they
    start somewhere at some constant value. web page with conversion
    data: http://www.kitco.com/chart.ga2mm.html No Jess4203 it is not
    a linear progression, rather an extrapolation. Shlomit used
    excel to solve for a conversion equation by using chart. One must
    use the natural logarithm function because the numbers aren't
    linear. Originally gauge numbers referred to the number of lead
    balls of the gun barrel diameter in a pound.  So Kiddies, todays
    question is: how did B&S decide on what number assignation to
    give to the wires?  A pound of copper stretched 2 feet became 2
    gauge?  Ideas?  Why do we have different gauges for various
    metals & alloys?  Do Americans just have to do things
    differently?

    Here's more info: The American, or Brown and Sharpe, gauge
    applies to electrical copper and aluminum wire and certain alloy
    wires. It ranges from No. 0000 = 0.460 inch (1.168 centimeters)
    to No. 40 = 0.0031 inch (0.0079 centimeter) diameter. The
    Birmingham wire gauge, used for iron, steel, and brass wires,
    starts with No. 0000 = 0.454 inch (1.153 centimeters) and goes
    down to No. 36 = 0.004 inch (0.010 centimeter) diameter. The
    United States Steel Wire Gauge (U.S.S.W.G.) goes from No. 0000000
    = 0.490 inch (1.245 centimeters) to No. 50 = 0.0044 inch (0.0112
    centimeter) diameter. Cogitatively, Kat




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