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[CITE: 15USC206]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
            CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
 
            SUBCHAPTER III--STANDARD GAUGE FOR IRON AND STEEL
 
Sec. 206. Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel

    For the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established 
as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the 
United States of America, namely:

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                 Approximate       Approximate                         Weight p
er        Weight per                                        Weight per
  Number of     thickness in      thickness in       Approximate     square foo
t in    square foot in     Weight per      Weight per     square meter in
    gauge      fractions of an  decimal parts of    thickness in         ounces
            pounds       square foot in   square meter        pounds
                    inch             an inch         millimeters       avoirdup
ois       avoirdupois       kilograms     in kilograms      avoirdupois
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   0000000               1/2                .5              12.7               
320             20.00           9.072           97.65            215.28
    000000             15/32            .46875          11.90625               
300             18.75           8.505           91.55            201.82
     00000              7/16             .4375           11.1125               
280             17.50           7.983           85.44            188.37
      0000             13/32            .40625          10.31875               
260             16.25           7.371           79.33            174.91
       000               3/8              .375             9.525               
240                15           6.804           73.24            161.46
        00             11/32            .34375           8.73125               
220             13.75           6.237           67.13            148.00
         0              5/16             .3125            7.9375               
200             12.50            5.67           61.03            134.55
         1              9/32            .28125           7.14375               
180             11.25           5.103           54.93            121.09
         2             17/64           .265625          6.746875               
170            10.625           4.819           51.88            114.37
         3               1/4               .25              6.35               
160                10           4.536           48.82            107.64
         4             15/64           .234375          5.953125               
150             9.375           4.252           45.77            100.91
         5              7/32            .21875           5.55625               
140              8.75           3.969           42.72             94.18
         6             13/64           .203125          5.159375               
130             8.125           3.685           39.67             87.45
         7              3/16             .1875            4.7625               
120               7.5           3.402           36.62             80.72
         8             11/64           .171875          4.365625               
110             6.875           3.118           33.57             74.00
         9              5/32            .15625           3.96875               
100              6.25           2.835           30.52             67.27
        10              9/64           .140625          3.571875               
 90             5.625           2.552           27.46             60.55
        11               1/8              .125             3.175               
 80                 5           2.268           24.41             53.82
        12              7/64           .109375          2.778125               
 70             4.375           1.984           21.36             47.09
        13              3/32            .09375           2.38125               
 60              3.75           1.701           18.31             40.36
        14              5/64           .078125          1.984375               
 50             3.125           1.417           15.26             33.64
        15             9/128          .0703125         1.7859375               
 45            2.8125           1.276           13.73             30.27
        16              1/16             .0625            1.5875               
 40               2.5           1.134           12.21             26.91
        17             9/160            .05625           1.42875               
 36              2.25           1.021           10.99             24.22
        18              1/20               .05              1.27               
 32                 2           .9072           9.765             21.53
        19             7/160            .04375           1.11125               
 28              1.75           .7938           8.544             18.84
        20              3/80             .0375             .9525               
 24              1.50           .6804           7.324             16.15
        21            11/320           .034375           .873125               
 22             1.375           .6237           6.713             14.80
        22              1/32            .03125           .793750               
 20              1.25            .567           6.103             13.46
        23             9/320           .028125           .714375               
 18             1.125           .5103           5.493             12.11
        24              1/40              .025              .635               
 16                 1           .4536           4.882             10.76
        25             7/320           .021875           .555625               
 14              .875           .3969           4.272              9.42
        26             3/160            .01875            .47625               
 12               .75           .3402           3.662              8.07
        27            11/640          .0171875          .4365625               
 11             .6875           .3119           3.357              7.40
        28              1/64           .015625           .396875               
 10              .625           .2835           3.052              6.73
        29             9/640          .0140625          .3571875               
  9             .5625           .2551           2.746              6.05
        30              1/80             .0125             .3175               
  8                .5           .2268           2.441              5.38
        31             7/640          .0109375          .2778125               
  7             .4375           .1984           2.136              4.71
        32           13/1280         .01015625         .25796875            6\1
/2\            .40625           .1843           1.983              4.37
        33             3/320           .009375           .238125               
  6              .375           .1701           1.831              4.04
        34           11/1280         .00859375         .21828125            5\1
/2\            .34375           .1559           1.678              3.70
        35             5/640          .0078125          .1984375               
  5             .3125           .1417           1.526              3.36
        36            9/1280         .00703125         .17859375            4\1
/2\            .28125           .1276           1.373              3.03
        37           17/2560        .006640625        .168671875            4\1
/4\           .265625           .1205           1.297              2.87
        38             1/160            .00625            .15875               
  4               .25           .1134           1.221              2.69
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    The same and no other shall be used in determining duties and taxes 
levied by the United States of America on sheet and plate iron and 
steel. But this subchapter shall not be construed to increase duties 
upon any articles which may be imported.

(Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 221, Sec. 1, 27 Stat. 746.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
act'', meaning act Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 221, 27 Stat. 746, which is 
classified to sections 206 to 208 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 207, 208 of this title.
