Examples of British Standards[edit]

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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 PowerFactor 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 appliancecouplers 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[7]

BS 1088 for marine plywood

BS 1192 for Construction Drawing Practice. Part 5 (BS1192-5:1998) concerns Guide for
structuring and exchange of CAD 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[8]

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 7909 Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related
purposes

BS 7919 Electric cables. Flexible cables rated up to 450/750V, for use with appliances and
equipment intended for industrial and similar environments

BS 7910 guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures

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