This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
Lbs. | |
Copper, wrought.............. | 34000 |
" rolled.......................... | 36000 |
" cast, American....... | |
" wire............. | |
" bolt.................. | 36800 |
Iron, cast, Low Moor, No. 2 | 14076 |
" Clyde, No. 1............... | 16125 |
" " No. 3........... | 23468 |
" Calder, No. 1................. | 13735 |
" Stirling, mean................ | 25764 |
" mean of American..... | 31829 |
" mean* of English........ | 19484 |
" Greenwood, Amer'n.. | 45970 |
" gun-metal. mean....... | 37,232 |
" wronght wire............. | 103000 |
" best Swedish bar........ | 72000 |
" Russian bar............ | 59500 |
" English bar.......... | 60000 |
" rivets, American........... | 53300 |
" bolts............................. | 52250 |
" hammered.................. | 53013 |
" mean of English....... | 53900 |
" rivets, English | 65000 |
" crank shaft................ | 44750 |
" turings......................... | 55800 |
" plates, boiler, American | 48000 |
62000 |
Lbs. | |
Iron plates, mean, English | 51000 |
" " lengthwise.......... | 68800 |
" " crosswise.............. | 48800 |
" inferior, bar............ | 30000 |
" wire, American..... | 73600 |
16 diam | 80000 |
" scrap.................... | 53400 |
Lead, cast................ | 1800 |
milled..................... | 3320 |
" wire.............. | 2580 |
Platinum, wire.............. | 53000 |
Silver, cast.................... | 40000 |
Steel, cast, maximum........ | 142000 |
" " mean............ | 88867 |
" blistered, soft........ | 13000 |
104000 | |
" shear....................... | 124000 |
" chrome, mean.............. | 170980 |
" puddled, extreme... | 173817 |
" American Tool Co... | 179980 |
" plates, lengthwise... | 96300 |
" " crosswise..... | 08700 |
" razor............... | 160000 |
Tin, cast, block............. | 6000 |
" Banca................... | 2122 |
Zinc.......................... | 3500 |
" sheet......................... | 16000 |
Lake Superior and Iron Mountain charcoal bloom iron has resisted 90000 lbs. per square inch.
* By Commissioners on Application of Iron to Railway Structures.
 
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