99 is a wire gauge.

R.H. wrote:
Someone suggested that the object in question might be used on a boat,
but I'm not sure, it's number 98 on the site below.


http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Thanks,
Rob

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
hlink.net...
99 is a wire gauge.

Wire gauges are made in this way, but the photo is not one of a wire gauge.
The measurement listed on one side is "lights per inch", and on the other is
"ounces per square foot".

The latter seems to be a gauge to determine the weight of some sheet
material (sheet metal perhaps?), since the weight goes up along with the
thickness. But the side with the "lights per inch" measurement goes *down*
as thickness increases, and I don't have a clue what that could be used for.

Jack

#99 is a gauge for measuring the thickness of leather.

Jim

"Jack Goff" wrote in message
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"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
hlink.net...
99 is a wire gauge.

Wire gauges are made in this way, but the photo is not one of a wire
gauge.
The measurement listed on one side is "lights per inch", and on the other
is
"ounces per square foot".

The latter seems to be a gauge to determine the weight of some sheet
material (sheet metal perhaps?), since the weight goes up along with the
thickness. But the side with the "lights per inch" measurement goes
*down*
as thickness increases, and I don't have a clue what that could be used
for.

Jack

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...


#99 is a gauge for measuring the thickness of leather.

Thanks, sounds like a good possibility, I'll have to do some research on
this. I always need to verify any suggestions since I've been given wrong
information several times, but this has a good ring to it. Do you know of
any links that support your answer, or do you have any idea what "lights per
inch" means?

Rob

9ga wire is thicker than 12 ga wire, etc. I don't know of any other products
where smaller is bigger...

Dan


Jack Goff wrote:
"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
hlink.net...

99 is a wire gauge.


Wire gauges are made in this way, but the photo is not one of a wire gauge.
The measurement listed on one side is "lights per inch", and on the other is
"ounces per square foot".

The latter seems to be a gauge to determine the weight of some sheet
material (sheet metal perhaps?), since the weight goes up along with the
thickness. But the side with the "lights per inch" measurement goes *down*
as thickness increases, and I don't have a clue what that could be used for.

Jack

Subject: Anyone recognize this object?
From: Dan Krueger

9ga wire is thicker than 12 ga wire, etc. I don't know of any other products

where smaller is bigger...

Dan


410 verses a 12 gauge perhaps? :-)

Capt. Bill

Sure enough... And I own a 12 ga and a 20 ga. Unfortunately, the gauge in the
photo couldn't measure the diameter of either one but you are still correct!

Dan


LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: Anyone recognize this object?
From: Dan Krueger


9ga wire is thicker than 12 ga wire, etc. I don't know of any other products

where smaller is bigger...

Dan



410 verses a 12 gauge perhaps? :-)

Capt. Bill

Also Sprach Dan Krueger :
9ga wire is thicker than 12 ga wire, etc. I don't know of any other products
where smaller is bigger...

Shotguns and fishing hooks...

Dan

--
Give a hungry man a fish and you have fed him for a day, but give him a case
of dynamite and soon the entire village will be showered with mud and water
and hard-to-identify little chunks of fish.

Dan Krueger wrote in message nk.net...
9ga wire is thicker than 12 ga wire, etc. I don't know of any other products
where smaller is bigger...

Dan


I found out what this one is, it's a gauge for glass.
This is from a glass glossary off the web:

"Light: Another term for an entire stained glass window or a portion
of one with defined boundaries."

So "lights per inch" is the same as sheets of glass per inch. I
measured the gauge and found that each number on that side of it was
indeed a fraction of an inch.

I did some research on the web, and found a historical Pittsburg site
in which there were several references to G.W. Klages on a "Pittsburgh
commodity index" page from 1913. All references to Klages mention
glass cutting, as seen in the link below:

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-...dno=00awn7766m

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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99 is a wire gauge.


Do you know what is meant by "Lights per inch"?


Rob