Whitworth's proposals

The first column contains the diameters in inches of the proposal of 1841; the second those of the proposal of 1857.

engraving of Whitworth

1841 1857 pitch
0.100 48
0.125 40
0.150 32
0.175 24
0.200 24
0.225 24
¼ 0.250 20
0.275 20
5/16 0.300 18
0.325 18
0.350 18
0.375 16
0.400 16
0.425 14
7/16 0.450 14
0.475 14
½ 0.500 12
0.525 12
0.550 12
0.575 12
0.600 12
0.625 11
0.650 11
0.675 11
0.700 11
¾ 0.750 10
0.800 10
0.875 9
0.900 9
1 1.000 8
1⅛    
  7
1⅜   6
  6
1⅝   5
  5
1⅞  
2  
  4
  4
 
3  
 
 
  3
4   3
  2⅞
  2⅞
 
5  
  2⅝
  2⅝
 
6  

Institution of Civil Engineers.
Minutes of Proceedings, Session 1841.
London: The Institution, 1841.

Page 159.

F. Reuleaux.
The Constructor. A Handbook of Machine Design.
Henry Harrison Suplee, translator.
New York: The Engineering Magazine, 1906.

Page 51.

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