This section is from the book "Wrinkles And Recipes, Compiled From The Scientific American", by Park Benjamin. Also available from Amazon: Wrinkles and Recipes, Compiled From The Scientific American.
Diameter in inches.. | 3/16 | 1/4 | 5/16 | 3/8 | 7/16 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 1 |
Threads per inch | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Diameter in inches... | 1-1/2 | 1-1/4 | 1-3/8 | 1-1/2 | 1-5/8 | 1-3/4 | 1-7/8 | 2 | 2-1/4 | 2-1/2 |
Threads per inch | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4-1/2 | 4-1/2 | 4 | 4 |
Diameter in inches.. | 2-3/4 | 3 | 3-1/4 | 3-1/2 | 3-3/4 | 4 | 4-1/4 | 4-1/2 | 4-3/4 | 5 |
Threads per inch | 3-1/2 | 3-1/2 | 3-1/4 | 3-1/4 | 3 | 3 | 2-7/8 | 2-7/8 | 2-3/4 | 2-3/4 |
Diameter in inches.. | ..5-1/4 | 5-1/2 | 5-3/4 | 6 | ||||||
Threads per inch | .2-5/8 | 2-5/8 | 2-1/2 | 2-1/2 |
Angle of threads = 55°. Depth of threads - pitch of screws. (One sixth of the depth is rounded off at top and bottom.) Number of threads to the inch in square threads = i number of those in angular threads.
 
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