A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 267
slots. Numbers,indicating the different sizes of the wire, areaffixed to each of theopenings. Gauge, Wire, Self-Registering A wire gauge arrangedto give the exact di-ameter of the wire tobe measured directlywithout calculation. A form of self- register-ing wire gauge is shownin Fig. 285. The wireor… … Fig. 285. Wire andPlate Gauge. Gauge, Wire, Standard —A wire gauge adopted by the National TelephoneExchange Association at Providence, R. I.,and by the National Electric Light As-sociation, at Baltimore, Md., in February,1886. The value of the standard as compared withthe other gauges will be seen…
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