In using the gauges known as Stubs' Gauges, there should be constantly borne in mind the difference between the Stubs' Iron Wire Gauge and the Stubs' Steel Wire Gauge.
A table of Stub's Steel Wire Gauge is given on page 741.
Birmingham or Stubs' Iron Wire Gauge is not the same as Stubs' Steel Wire Gauge.
The riveting may be cut by means of a graver, or a hollow drill made from Stubb's steel wire.
Suppose we pick a perfectly round jewel and insert into the opening a three-cornered piece of steel wire, in shape somewhat resembling the taper of a triangular file.
Homemade Screen-Door Spring [Illustration] A screen or storm-door spring can be easily made of spring-steel wire.
A Mouse Trap [Illustration] A simple mouse trap can be made of two lengths of steel wire.
As it is not necessary to heat the wire very hot, iron or steel wire may be used.
It was this theory which led Arago, as he states, to adopt the method of magnetizing sewing needles and pieces of steel wire, shown in Fig.
Galvanized iron or steel wire is the material best suited for guys, and the cable form has greater strength and is more flexible than solid wire.
Steel wire finds a place, in spite of its high resistance, in those exceptional cases where a single span of several thousand feet must be made, requiring high tensile strength.
Taking the market price of steel at one-fifth that of copper, which is amply high for the steel, as a rule, a steel wire of equal conductivity with the copper will cost only 1.
For marine uses a deal of copper rope is made, and copper strand is twisted for lightning rods, the fixtures and supports of which, in turn, are manufactured from round and flat steel wire.
A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.
It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
Rigidity is obtained by use of steel wirestays or thin silk cord.
Defn: A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks.
Defn: An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.
Knitting , a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings.
A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steel wire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
