This section is from the book "Plumbing Estimates And Contracts", by J. J. Cosgrove. Also available from Amazon: Plumbing estimates and contracts.
Such a table will save untold time figuring the number of the smaller fittings in a pound of the various classes, or the number of pounds in a fitting of the larger sizes. The card can easily be ruled by the bookkeeper on a large bristol-board card, and the prices per piece rilled in, a place being left at the bottom for the discount and date of last quotation.
Diameter | Thickness | Nearest Wire Gauge | Circumference | Transverse Areas | Length of Pipe Per Sq. Foot of | Nominal Weight per Foot | ||||||
Nominal Internal | Actual External | Approximate Internal Diameter | External | Internal | External | Internal | Metal | External Surface | Internal Surface | |||
Ins. | Inches | Inches | Inches | No. | Inches | Inches | Sq. Ins. | Sq. Ins. | Sq. Ins. | Feet | Feet | Pounds |
1/2 | .84 | .244 | .298 | 1 | 2.639 | .766 | .554 | .047 | .507 | 4.547 | 15.667 | 1.7 |
3/4 | 1.05 | .422 | .314 | 1 | 3.299 | 1.326 | .866 | .139 | .727 | 3.637 | 9.049 | 2.44 |
1 | 1.315 | .587 | .364 | 00 | 4.131 | 1.844 | 1.358 | .271 | 1.087 | 2.904 | 6.508 | 3.65 |
1 1/4 | 1.66 | .885 | .388 | 00 | 5.215 | 2.78 | 2.164 | .615 | 1.549 | 2.304 | 4.317 | 5.2 |
1 1/2 | 1.9 | 1.088 | .406 | 000 | 5.969 | 3.418 | 2.835 | .93 | 1.905 | 2.01 | 3.511 | 6.4 |
2 | 2.375 | 1.491 | .442 | 0000 | 7.461 | 4.684 | 4.43 | 1.744 | 2.686 | 1.608 | 2.561 | 9.02 |
2 1/2 | 2.875 | 1.755 | .560 | 9/16 - | 9.032 | 5.513 | 6.492 | 2.419 | 4.073 | 1.328 | 2.176 | 13.68 |
3 | 3.5 | 2.284 | .608 | 5/8 - | 10.996 | 7.175 | 9.621 | 4.097 | 5.524 | 1.091 | 1.672 | 18.56 |
3 1/2 | 4. | 2.716 | .642 | 5/8 x | 12.566 | 8.533 | 12.566 | 5.794 | 6.772 | .955 | 1.406 | 22.75 |
4 | 4.5 | 3.136 | .682 | 11/16 | 14.137 | 9.852 | 15.904 | 7.724 | 8.18 | .849 | 1.217 | 27.48 |
4 1/2 | 5.000 | 3.564 | .718 | 3/4 | 15.708 | 11.197 | 19.635 | 9.976 | 9.659 | .764 | 1.000 | 32.53 |
5 | 5.563 | 4.063 | .75 | 3/4 | 17.477 | 12.764 | 24.306 | 12.965 | 11.34 | .687 | .940 | 38.12 |
6 | 6.625 | 4.875 | .875 | 7/8 | 20.813 | 15.315 | 34.472 | 18.666 | 15.806 | .577 | .784 | 53.11 |
Double extra strong pipe is always shipped without threads or couplings unless otherwise specified.
In like manner the list price on galvanized malleable fittings is shown in Table VIII. This table may be ruled on a separate sheet of bristol board, or placed on the back side of the price list for black malleable fittings.
In order that the estimator may compute the cost of freight and drayage, he must be able to reduce the number of feet of wrought pipe to pounds. This he can readily do by means of tables IX., X. and XI.
 
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