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A GAUGING DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF RADIAL CONTRACTION REQUIRED TO SECURE A MALE MEMBER WITHIN A COUPLING OF THE TYPE WHICH COMPRISES A COUPLING BODY HAVING A BORE THEREIN, SAID BORE INCLUDING A TAPERED MOUTH, A TAPERED FERRULE INT THE TAPERED MOUTH, AND COUPLING NUT THREADEDLY ENGAGING THE COUPLING BODY AND A FORCE TRANSMITTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FERRULE SO THAT A PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF ROTATION OF THE COUPLING NUT UPON THE COUPLING BODY WILL FORCE THE FERRULE A GIVEN DISTANCE INTO THE TAPERED MOUTH CAUSING THE FERRULE TO CONTRACT RADIALLY UPON A MALE MEMBER DISPOSED IN THE BORE TO THEREBY PRODUCE THE DESIRED CONNECTION WITH THE COUPLING, SAID GAUGING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CUP TYPE GAUGES, EACH GAUGE HAVING A GENERALLY RIGHT CYLINDRICAL BLIND BORE THEREIN WITH THE BOTTOM THEREOF BEING GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE WALLS OF THE BORE, THE DIMENSIONS OF DEPTH AND DIAMETER OF THE BORE IN EACH CUP TYPE GAUGE BEING DICTATED BY THE DEPTH OF THE BORE OF SAID COUPLING BODY, THE DEGREE OF TAPER OF THE TAPERED MOUTH, THE DEGREE OF TAPER OF THE TAPERED FERRULE, AND THE PITCH OF THE THREADS BETWEEN THE COUPLING NUT AND THE COUPLING BODY, SO THAT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE BORE OF A GIVEN CUP TYPE GAUGE WITH A GIVEN MALE MEMBER OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SIZE OF THE BORE AND RECEIVED THEREIN WILL INDICATE THE PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF ROTATION OF THE COUPLING NUT REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED MAGNITUDE OF FERRULE CONTRACTION UPON THE SAID MALE MEMBER, THE DIMENSIONS OF BORE DEPTH AND THE DIMENSIONS OF BORE DIAMETER OF ANY PARTICULAR GAUGE BEING EITHER GREATER OR LESSER THAN THE CORRESPONDING DIMENSIONS OF ANY ONE OF THE OTHER GAUGES OF THE GAUGING DEVICE.