2121,862 and 153,390.
Wakefield, March 14, 1871112,658.
Walker, May 29, 18539,642.
Wilson el al., December 6, 1870109,858.
Patterson, July 14, 186879,854.
Darlington, August 11, 1874154,024.
Glidden, November 24, 1874157,124.
Haish, January 20, 1874146,671 and 164,552.
Hall, December 1, 1874157,391.
Merrill, December 29, 1874155,538 and 164,576.
Withers, October 6, 1874155, 603.
Ellwood, May 11, 1875163,169.
McClellan, November 2, 1875169,265.
Seabury, November 10, 1875170.024.
Stover, June 29, 1875164,947.
Wire-gage.
A gage for measuring the thickness of wire and sheet-metals.
It is usually a plate of steel having a series of apertures around its edge, each corresponding in width to the diameter of wire of a certain number.
Wire-gages are commonly of oblong form, and are formed by drilling a number of holes near the edge of the plate; notches are then sawed from the edge into the holes, saws of the width proper for each being used; and, lastly, the little par