The following table is given to show a comparison of the various wire gage systems:

Actual Dimensions in Fractions of an Inch.

Wire

Gage

Units.

1

American or Brown &

Sharpe.

2

Birmingham

Wire Gage or

Stubb's Iron.

3

Stubb's Steel Wire.

4

U. S. Standard for Steel and Iron Plates.

5

British

Imperial

Standard

Wire Gage.

(S. W. G.)

0000

.4600

.454

• • • •

.406

.400

000

.40964

.425

• • • •

.375

.372

00

.3648

.38

• • • •

.344

.348

0

.32486

.34

• • •

.313

.324

1

.2893

.30

.227

.281

.300

2

.25763

.284

.219

.266

.276

3

.22942

.259

.212

.250

.252

4

.20431

.238

.207

.234

.232

5

.18194

.22

.204

.219

.212

10

.10189

.134

.191

.141

.128

20

.03196

.035

.161

.0375

.036

30

.01002

.012

.127

.0125

.0124

40

.00314

• • • •

.097

.............

.0048

50

.................

....

.069

..................

.001

Intermediate sizes above No. 5 are not here given.