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Table No. 19.—Black-steel-wire Ropes.

TABLE OF BREAKING-LOADS AND CORRESPONDING WORKING-LOADS FOR BLACK-STEEL-WIRE ROPES OF SPECIAL IMPROVED PATENT STEEL QUALITY USED FOR SINGLE WHIPS, SINGLE STROPS, OR LONG-EYED SNOTTERS AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR CASES WHERE THE LOAD IS CARRIED ON A SINGLE PART.

(Tensile strength of wires, 90/100 tons per square inch.)

Size of Rope. Construction.—Six Strands of 19 Wires each. Construction.—Six Strands of 24 Wires each. Construction.—Six Strands of 37 Wires each.
Circumference, in Inches. Diameter, in Inches (approx.). Actual Breaking-load, in Tons. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Actual Breaking-load, in Tons. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Actual Breaking-load, in Tons. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds.
1 5/16 3·0 T. cwt. qr. lb. 960 2·7 T. cwt. qr. lb. 864 2·9 T. cwt. qr. lb. 928
¼ 13/32 4·7 0 8 2 8 1,504 4·5 0 7 2 24 1,440 4·3 0 8 1 4 1,376
½ 15/32 6·7 0 13 1 20 2,144 6·3 0 12 3 12 2,016 6·4 0 12 1 4 2,048
¾ 9/16 9·1 0 19 0 16 2,912 8·4 0 18 0 0 2,688 9·0 0 18 1 4 2,880
2 5/8 12·4 1 6 0 0 3,968 11·5 1 4 0 0 3,680 11·9 1 5 2 24 3,808
¼ 23/32 15·6 1 15 1 20 4,992 14·3 1 12 3 12 4,576 15·3 1 14 0 0 4,896
½ 13/16 19·1 2 4 2 8 6,112 17·4 2 0 3 12 5,568 18·1 2 3 2 24 5,792
¾ 7/8 22·9 2 14 2 8 7,328 21·6 2 9 2 24 6,912 22·3 2 11 2 24 7,136
3 15/16 28·9 3 5 1 20 9,248 25·4 3 1 2 24 8,128 26·9 3 3 2 24 8,608
¼ 1¹/32 33·6 4 2 2 8 10,752 30·5 3 12 2 8 9,760 30·6 3 16 3 12 9,792
½ 1¹/8 39·6 4 16 0 0 12,672 35·0 4 7 0 16 11,200 36·0 4 7 1 20 11,520
¾ 1³/16 45·1 5 13 0 16 14,432 39·7 5 0 0 0 12,704 41·7 5 2 3 12 13,344
4 1⁹/32 50·9 6 8 3 12 16,288 46·0 5 13 1 0 14,720 47·8 5 19 0 16 15,296
¼ 1¹¹/32 57·1 7 5 1 20 18,272 51·4 6 11 1 20 16,448 54·4 6 16 2 8 17,408
½ 1⁷/16 65·0 8 3 0 16 20,800· 57·2 7 6 3 12 18,304 59·6 7 15 1 20 19,072
¾ 1¹/2 71·9 9 5 2 24 23,008 64·7 8 3 1 20 20,704 67·0 8 10 1 4 21,440
5 1¹⁹/32 79·2 10 5 1 20 25,344 71·1 9 4 3 12 22,752 74·7 9 11 1 20 23,904
¼ 1¹¹/16 88·5 11 6 1 4 28,320 77·9 10 3 0 16 24,928 83·0 10 13 1 20 26,560
½ 1³/4 96·5 12 12 3 12 30,880 84·9 11 2 2 8 27,168 89·3 11 17 0 16 28,576
¾ 1²⁷/32 104·9 13 15 2 24 33,568 94·0 12 2 2 8 30,080 98·3 12 15 0 16 31,456
6 1²⁹/32 115·5 14 19 2 24 36,960 101·7 13 8 2 8 32,544 107·6 14 0 3 12 34,432


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