Brice, It is a table. The first column is the penny weight, 1d 2d 3d ... the second column is the length of the nail, the quote mark is the inch identifier. So, in your line below, 1" means it is one inch long.
the third column is the wire gauge, so is a reference to the diameter of the nail. No 15, means gauge number 15. The higher the gauge the thinner the nail. The forth column is the number of nails per pound. So, 845 means there are 845 2 penny nails in one pound. >> Size Length/Gauge Number per pound(Approx.) > 2d 1" / No. 15 845 -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081
