This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
PARTS OF AN INCH IN THICKNESS. | ||||||||
Width in Inches. | 1/8 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 7/8 | One Inch. |
12 | lbs. oz. 4 133/8 | lbs. oz. 9 105/8 | lbs. oz. 14 8 | lbs. oz. 19 53/8 | lbs. oz. 24 23/4 | lbs. oz. 29 0 | lbs. oz. 33 133/8 | lbs. oz. 38 lO3/4 |
Table, - Showing the Weight of one Foot Length of Malleable Iron.
SQUARE IRON. | ROUND IRON. | ||||
Sea tling. | Weight. | ||||
Inches. | Pounds. | Inches. | Weight in Pounds. | Inches. | Weight in Pounds. |
1/4 | 0.21 | 1/4 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.26 |
3/8 | 0.47 | 3/8 | 0.37 | 11/4 | 0.41 |
1/2 | 0.84 | 1/2 | 0.66 | 1 1/2 | 0.59 |
5/8 | 1.34 | 5/8 | 1.03 | 1 3/4 | 0.82 |
3/4 | 1.89 | 3/4 | 1.48 | 2 | 1.05 |
7/8 | 2.57 | 7/8 | 2.02 | 2 1/4 | 1.34 |
l | 3.36 | l | 2.63 | 2 1/2 | 1.65 |
1 1/8 | 4.25 | 1 1/8 | 3.33 | 23/4 | 2.01 |
1 1/4 | 5.25 | 1 1/4 | 4.12 | 3 | 2.37 |
1 3/8 | 6.35 | 1 3/8 | 4.98 | 3 1/4 | 2.79 |
1 1/2 | 7.56 | 1 1/2 | 5.93 | 3 1/2 | 3.24 |
1 5/8 | 8.87 | 1 5/8 | 6.96 | 3 3/4 | 3.69 |
1 3/4 | 10.29 | 1 3/4 | 8.08 | 4 | 4.23 |
1 | 11.81 | 1 7/8 | 9.27 | 4 1/2 | 5.35 |
2 | 13.44 | 2 | 10.55 | 5 | 6.61 |
2 1/4 | 17.01 | 2 1/4 | 13.35 | 5 1/2 | 7.99 |
2 1/2 | 21.00 | 2 1/2 | 16.48 | 6 | 9.51 |
2 3/4 | 25.41 | 2 3/4 | 19.95 | 6 1/2 | 11.18 |
3 | 30.24 | 3 | 23.73 | 7 | 12.96 |
3 1/2 | 41.16 | 3 1/4 | 27.85 | 7 1/2 | 14.78 |
4 | 53.76 | 3 1/2 | 32.32 | 8 | 16.92 |
4 | 68.04 | 3 3/4 | 37.09 | 8 1/2 | 19.21 |
5 | 84.00 | 4 | 42.21 | 9 | 21.53 |
6 | 120.96 | 41/2 | 53.41 | 10 | 26.43 |
7 | 164.64 | 5 | 65.93 | 11 | 31.99 |
 
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