Shifts and expedients of camp life, travel & exploration

by William Barry Lord; Thomas Baines

Weight of a Superficial Foot of Plate or Sheet Iron.

No. of the wire guage.	Thickness in inches.	Weight in pounds.	No. of the wire guage.	Thickness in inches.	Weight in pounds.	No. of the wire guage.	Thickness in inches.	Weight in pounds.
	1	40	5		8·74	18		1·86
	⅞	35	6		8·12	19		1·70
	¾	30	7	3⁄16	7·5	20		1·54
	11⁄16	27·5	8		6·86	21		1·40
	⅝	25	9		6·24	22	1⁄32	1·25
	9⁄16	22·5	10		5·62	23		1·12
	½	20	11	⅛	5	24		1
	7⁄16	17·5	12		4·38	25		0·9
	⅜	15	13		3·75	26		0·8
1	5⁄16	12·5	14		3·12	27		0·72
2		12	15		2·82	28	1⁄64	0·64
3		11	16	1⁄16	2·50	29		0·65
4	¼	10	17		2·18	30		0·50

Weight in Pounds of One Cubic Foot of the following Substances

	lbs.		lbs.
Cast iron	450	Water	62·5
Wrought iron	486	Air	0·075
Steel	489	Steam	0·036
Pine wood	29·5

Weight of Rod Iron One Foot in Length of the following Dimensions:

Square Iron.		Round Iron.		Flat Iron.
Inch.	Pounds.	Inch.	Pounds.	Inch.	Pounds.
¼	0·2	¼	0·14	¼ × 1	0·8
⅜	0·5	⅜	0·4	⅜ × 1	1·3
½	0·8	½	0·7	½ × 1	1·7
⅝	1·3	⅝	1	⅝ × 1	2·1
¾	1·9	¾	1·5	¾ × 1	2·5
⅞	2·6	⅞	2	¼ × 2	1·7
1	3·4	1	2·7	⅜ × 2	2·5
1⅛	4·3	1⅛	3·4	½ × 2	3·4
1¼	5·3	1¼	4·2	⅝ × 2	4·2
1⅜	6·4	1⅜	5	¾ × 2	5·1
1½	7·6	1½	6	¼ × 3	2·5
1⅝	8·9	1⅝	7	⅜ × 3	3·8
1¾	10·4	1¾	8·1	½ × 3	5·1
1⅞	11·9	1⅞	9·3	⅝ × 3	6·3
2	13·5	2	10·6	¾ × 3	7·6
2¼	17·1	2½	13·5	¼ × 4	3·4
2½	21·1	2½	16·7	⅜ × 4	5·1
2¾	25·6	2¾	20·1	½ × 4	6·8
3	30·4	3	23·9	⅝ × 4	8·4
3½	41·4	3½	32·5	¾ × 4	10·1
4	54·1	4	42·5	¼ × 5	4·2
5	84·5	5	66·8	⅜ × 5	6·3
6	121·7	6	95·6	½ × 5	8·4
7	165·6	7	130	⅝ × 5	10·6
8	216·3	8	169·9	¾ × 5	12·7