British Standards

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BS 0 A standard for standards specifies Development, Structure and Drafting of British Standards themselves.
BS 1 Lists of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes
BS 2 Specification and Sections of Tramway Rails and Fishplates
BS 3 Report on Influence of Gauge Length and Section of Test Bar on the Percentage of Elongation
BS 4 Specification for Structural Steel Sections
BS 5 Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways
BS 6 Properties of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes
BS 7 Dimensions of Copper Conductors Insulated Annealed, for Electric Power and Light
BS 8 Specification for Tubular Tramway Poles
BS 9 Specification and Sections of Bull Head Railway Rails
BS 10 Tables of Pipe Flanges
BS 11 Specifications and Sections of Flat Bottom Railway Rails
BS 12 Specification for Portland Cement
BS 13 Specification for Structural Steel for Shipbuilding
BS 14 Specification for Structural Steel for Marine Boilers
BS 15 Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges, etc., and General Building Construction
BS 16 Specification for telegraph material (insulators, pole fittings, etc.)
BS 17 Interim Report on Electrical Machinery
BS 18 Forms of Tensile Test Pieces
BS 19 Report on Temperature Experiments on Field Coils of Electrical Machines
BS 20 Report on *BS Screw Threads
BS 21 Report on Pipe Threads for Iron or Steel Pipes and Tubes
BS 22 Report on Effect of Temperature on Insulating Materials
BS 23 Standards for Trolley Groove and Wire,
BS 24 Specifications for Material used in the Construction of Standards for Railway Rolling Stock
BS 25 Report on Errors in Workmanship Based on Measurements Carried Out for the Committee by the National Physical Laboratory
BS 26 Second Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways (Superseding No 5)
BS 27 Report on Standard Systems of Limit Gauges for Running Fits
BS 28 Report on Nuts, Bolt Heads and Spanners
BS 29 Specification for Ingot Steel Forgings for Marine Purposes,
BS 30 Specification for Steel Castings for Marine Purposes,
BS 31 Specification for Steel Conduits for Electrical Wiring
BS 32 Specification for Steel Bars for use in Automatic Machines
BS 33 Carbon Filament Electric Lamps
BS 34 Tables of BS Whitworth, BS Fine and BS Pipe Threads
BS 35 Specification for Copper Alloy Bars for use in Automatic Machines
BS 36 Report on British Standards for Electrical Machinery
BS 37 Specification for Electricity Meters
BS 38 Report on British Standards Systems for Limit Gauges for Screw Threads
BS 39 Combined Report on BS Screw Threads
BS 40 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Low Pressure Heating Pipes
BS 41 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Flue or Smoke Pipes
BS 42 Report on Reciprocating Steam Engines for Electrical Purposes
BS 43 Specification for Charcoal Iron Lip-welded Boiler Tubes
BS 44 Specification for Cast Iron Pipes for Hydraulic Power
BS 45 Report on Dimensions for Sparking Plugs (for Internal Combustion Engines)
BS 46 Specification for Keys and Keyways
BS 47 Steel Fishplates for Bullhead and Flat Bottom Railway Rails, Specification and Sections of
BS 48 Specification for Wrought Iron of Smithing Quality for Shipbuilding (Grade D)
BS 49 Specification for Ammeters and Voltmeters
BS 50 Third Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways (Superseding Nos. 5 and 26)
BS 51 Specification for Wrought Iron for use in Railway Rolling Stock (Best Yorkshire and Grades A, B and C)
BS 52 Specification for bayonet lamp-caps lampholders and B.C. adaptors (lampholder plugs)
BS 53 Specification for Cold Drawn Weldless Steel Boiler Tubes for Locomotive Boilers
BS 54 Report on Screw Threads, Nuts and Bolt Heads for use in Automobile Construction
BS 55 Report on Hard Drawn Copper and Bronze Wire
BS 56 Definitions of Yield Point and Elastic Limit
BS 57 Report on heads for Small Screws
BS 58 Specification for Spigot and socket Cast Iron Soil Pipes
BS 59 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Waste and Ventilating Pipes (for other than Soil Purposes)
BS 60 Report of Experiments on Tungsten Filament Glow Lamps
BS 61 Specification for Copper Tubes and their Screw Threads (primarily for domestic and similar work)
BS 62 Screwing for Marine Boiler Stays,
BS 63 Specification for Sizes of Broken Stone and Chippings,
BS 64 Specification for Fishbolts and Nuts for Railway Rails
BS 65 Specification for Salt-Glazed Ware Pipes,
BS 66 Specification for Copper-Alloy Three-Piece Unions (for Low and Medium Pressure Screwed Copper Tubes)
BS 67 Specification for Two and Three-Plate Ceiling Roses
BS 68 Method of Specifying the Resistance of Steel Conductor Rails,
BS 69 Report on Tungsten Filament Glow Lamps (Vacuum Type) for Automobiles
BS 70 Report on Pneumatic Tyre Rims for Automobiles, Motor Cycles and Cycles
BS 71 Report on Dimensions of Wheel Rims and Tyre Bands for Solid Rubber Tyres for Automobiles
BS 72 British Standardisation Rules for Electrical Machinery,
BS 73 Specification for Two-Pin Wall Plugs and Sockets (Five-, Fifteen- and Thirty-Ampere)
BS 74 Charging Plug and Socket, for Vehicles Propelled by Electric Secondary Batteries, Specification for
BS 75 Steels for Automobiles, Specification for Wrought
BS 76 Report of and Specifications for Tar and Pitch for Road Purposes
BS 77 Specification. Voltages for a.c. transmission and distribution systems
BS 78 Specification for Cast Iron Pipes and Special Castings for Water, Gas and Sewage
BS 79 Report on Dimensions of Special Trackwork for Tramways
BS 80 Magnetos for Automobile Purposes
BS 81 Specification for Instrument Transformers
BS 82 Specification for Starters for Electric Motors
BS 83 Standard of Reference for Dope and Protective Covering for Aircraft
BS 84 Report on Screw Threads (British Standard Fine), and their Tolerances (Superseding parts of Reports Nos. 20 and 33)
BS 86 Report on Dimensions of Magnetos for Aircraft Purposes
BS 87 Report on Dimensions for Airscrew Hubs
BS 88 Specification for cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Originally titled: Specification for
Electric Cut-Outs (Low Pressure, Type O)
BS 89 Specification for Indicating Ammeters, Voltmeters, Wattmeters, Frequency and Power-Factor Meters
BS 90 Specification for Recording (Graphic) Ammeters, Voltmeters and Wattmeters
BS 95 Tables of Corrections to Effective Diameter required to compensate Pitch and Angle Errors in Screw Threads of Whitworth Form
BS 98 Specification for Goliath Lamp Caps and Lamp Holders
BS 103 Specification for Falling Weight Testing Machines for Rails
BS 104 Sections of Light Flat Bottom Railway Rails and Fishplates
BS 105 Sections of Light and Heavy Bridge Type Railway Rails
BS 107 Standard for Rolled Sections for Magnet Steel
BS 196 for protected-type non-reversible plugs, socket-outlets cable-couplers and appliance-couplers with earthing contacts for single
phase a.c. circuits up to 250 volts
BS 308 a now deleted standard for engineering drawing conventions, having been absorbed into BS 8888.
BS 317 for Hand-Shield and Side Entry Pattern Three-Pin Wall Plugs and Sockets (Two Pin and Earth Type)
BS 336 for fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment
BS 372 for Side-entry wall plugs and sockets for domestic purposes (Part 1 superseded BS 73 and Part 2 superseded BS 317)
BS 381 for colours used in identification, coding and other special purposes
BS 476 for fire resistance of building materials / elements
BS 499 Welding terms and symbols.
BS 546 for Two-pole and earthing-pin plugs, socket-outlets and socket-outlet adaptors for AC (50-60 Hz) circuits up to 250V
BS 857 for safety glass for land transport
BS 987C Camouflage Colours
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BS 1088 for marine plywood
BS 1192 for Construction Drawing Practice. Part 5 (BS1192-5:1998) concerns Guide for structuring and exchange ofCAD data.
BS 1361 for cartridge fuses for a.c. circuits in domestic and similar premises
BS 1362 for cartridge fuses for BS 1363 power plugs
BS 1363 for mains power plugs and sockets
BS 1377 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering.
BS 1572 Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration
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BS 1881 Testing Concrete
BS 1852 Specification for marking codes for resistors and capacitors
BS 2660 Colours for building and decorative paints
BS 2979 Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek Letters
BS 3506 for unplasticized PVC pipe for industrial uses
BS 3621 Thief resistant lock assembly. Key egress.
BS 3943 Specification for plastics waste traps
BS 4293 for residual current-operated circuit-breakers
BS 4343 for industrial electrical power connectors
BS 4573 Specification for 2-pin reversible plugs and shaver socket-outlets
BS 4800 for paint colours used in building construction
BS 4900 for vitreous enamel colours used in building construction
BS 4901 for plastic colours used in building construction
BS 4902 for sheet / tile floor covering colours used in building construction
BS 4960 for weighing instruments for domestic cookery
BS 4962 for plastics pipes and fittings for use as subsoil field drains
BS 5252 for colour-coordination in building construction
BS 5400 for steel, concrete and composite bridges.
BS 5499 for graphical symbols and signs in building construction; including shape, colour and layout
BS 5544 for anti-bandit glazing (glazing resistant to manual attack)
BS 5750 for quality management, the ancestor of ISO 9000
BS 5759 Specification for webbing load restraint assemblies for use in surface transport
BS 5837 for protection of trees during construction work
BS 5930 for site investigations
BS 5950 for structural steel
BS 5993 for Cricket balls
BS 6008 for preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests
BS 6312 for telephone plugs and sockets
BS 6651 code of practice for protection of structures against lightning; replaced by BS EN 62305 (IEC 62305) series.
BS 6701 installation, operation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and telecommunications cabling
BS 6879 for British geocodes, a superset of ISO 3166-2:GB
BS 7430 code of practice for earthing
BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations, The IEE Wiring Regulations, produced by the IET.
BS 7799 for information security, the ancestor of the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, including 27002 (formerly 17799)
BS 7901 for recovery vehicles and vehicle recovery equipment
BS 7925 Software testing
BS 7971 Protective clothing and equipment for use in violent situations and in training
BS 8110 for structural concrete
BS 8484 for the provision of lone worker device services
BS 8485 for the characterization and remediation from ground gas in affected developments
BS 8494 for detecting and measuring carbon dioxide in ambient air or extraction systems
BS 8888 for engineering drawing and technical product specification
BS 15000 for IT Service Management, (ITIL), now ISO/IEC 20000
BS 3G 101 for general requirements for mechanical and electromechanical aircraft indicators
BS EN 12195 Load restraining on road vehicles.
BS EN 60204 Safety of machinery