Chapter XV: =measuring Tools.=

=End Measurements= of large lathe work 376
Template gauges for 376
Trammels or Trains 377
Adjustable gauges for 377
=Compasses=--Dividers 377
Compass calipers 378
=Key Seating= rule 378
=Surface Gauge= 378
Pattern makers' pipe gauge 379
=Squares.= The try square 379
The T square 379
Various methods of testing squares 379, 380
Bevel squares 380
=Bevel Protractors= 380
=Hexagon Gauge= 381
=Straight Edge= and its applications 381, 382
Winding strips and their application 382
=Surface Plate= or planimeter 383
=Templates= for curves 384
=Wire Gauges=, notch 384
Standard gauges for wire, &c. 384, 386
Gauge for music wire 386
Brown and Sharpe wire gauge 387
Birmingham wire gauge for rolled shell silver and gold 387
Sheet iron gauge, Russian 387
Galvanized iron 387
Belgian sheet zinc 387
American sheet zinc 387
=Rifle Bore= gauge 387
=Strength of Wire=, Kirkaldy's experiments 387, 388