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Table No. 21.—Black-wire-rope Slings—continued.

TABLE OF SAFE-WORKING LOADS FOR BLACK-WIRE-ROPE SLINGS ON WHICH THE LOAD IS CARRIED ON TWO PARTS OR LEGS OF THE SLING, AND MADE OF ROPE HAVING THE BREAKING-LOAD SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX II—continued

Safe Working-loads for various Distances between Legs.

Size of Rope.
Strands and Wires 6/19. Strands and Wires 6/24. Strands and Wires 6/37. Strands and Wires 6/19. Strands and Wires 6/24. Strands and Wires 6/37.
Circumference, in Inches. Diameter, in Inches (approximate). Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds. Working-load, in Tons, &c. Working-load, in Pounds.
1 5/16 T. cwt. qr. lb. 1,269 T. cwt. qr. lb. 1,142 T. cwt. qr. lb. 1,227 T. cwt. qr. lb. 929 T. cwt. qr. lb. 836 T. cwt. qr. lb. 898
13/32 0 11 1 9 1,989 0 10 0 22 1,904 0 10 3 23 1,820 0 8 1 5 1,456 0 7 1 24 1,394 0 8 0 2 1,332
15/32 0 17 3 1 2,836 0 17 0 0 2,666 0 16 1 0 2,709 0 13 0 0 2,075 0 12 1 22 1,951 0 11 3 16 1,982
9/16 1 5 1 8 3,852 1 3 3 6 3,555 1 4 0 21 3,809 0 18 2 3 2,819 0 17 1 19 2,602 0 17 2 22 2,788
2 5/8 1 14 1 16 1 11 2 27 1 14 0 1 1 5 0 19 1 3 0 26 1 4 3 16
23/32 2 6 3 13 5,249 2 3 1 24 4,868 2 4 3 25 5,037 1 14 1 6 3,842 1 11 3 7 3,563 1 12 3 19 3,687
13/16 2 18 3 23 6,603 2 14 0 5 6,053 2 17 3 8 6,476 2 3 0 17 4,833 1 19 2 6 4,430 2 2 1 8 4,740
7/8 3 12 0 21 8,085 3 5 3 1 7,365 3 8 1 18 7,662 2 12 3 9 5,917 2 8 0 15 5,391 2 10 0 8 5,608
4 6 2 6 9,694 4 1 2 15 9,143 4 4 1 4 9,440 3 3 1 11 7,095 2 19 3 0 6,692 3 1 2 21 6,909
3 15/16 5 9 0 25 12,233 4 16 0 0 10,752 5 1 2 19 11,387 3 19 3 22 8,954 3 10 1 1 7,869 3 14 1 18 8,334
1 1/32 6 6 3 27 14,223 5 15 1 3 12,911 5 15 2 17 12,953 4 12 3 22 10,410 4 4 1 14 9,450 4 4 2 17 9,481
1 1/8 7 9 2 19 16,763 6 12 1 4 14,816 6 16 0 7 15,239 5 9 2 6 12,270 4 16 3 8 10,844 4 19 2 10 11,154
1 3/16 8 10 1 23 19,091 7 10 0 5 16,805 7 17 2 12 17,652 6 4 3 1 13,973 5 9 3 8 12,300 5 15 1 12 12,920
4 1 9/32 9 12 1 15 21,547 8 13 3 12 19,472 9 0 2 18 20,234 7 0 3 6 15,770 6 7 1 0 14,252 6 12 0 26 14,810
1 11/32 10 15 3 7 24,171 9 14 1 2 21,758 10 5 2 12 23,028 7 17 3 24 17,692 7 2 0 21 15,925 7 10 1 27 16,855
1 7/16 12 5 2 19 27,515 10 16 0 21 24,213 11 5 1 1 25,229 8 19 3 7 20,139 7 18 0 26 17,722 8 4 3 14 18,466
1 1/2 13 11 3 0 30,436 12 4 2 4 27,388 12 13 0 26 28,362 9 18 3 17 22,277 8 18 3 26 20,046 9 5 1 11 20,759
5 1 19/32 14 19 1 10 33,526 13 8 2 26 30,098 14 2 1 10 31,622 10 19 0 11 24,539 9 16 2 21 22,029 10 6 2 16 23,144
1 11/16 16 14 1 27 37,463 14 14 1 20 32,976 15 13 2 23 35,135 12 4 3 8 27,420 10 15 2 0 24,136 11 9 2 12 25,716
1 3/4 18 4 2 26 40,850 16 0 3 15 35,939 16 17 2 2 37,802 13 6 3 23 29,899 11 14 3 13 26,305 12 7 0 4 27,668
1 27/32 19 16 1 26 44,406 17 15 1 4 39,792 18 11 2 4 41,612 14 10 0 22 32,502 13 0 0 4 29,124 13 11 3 21 30,457
6 1 29/32 21 16 2 5 48,893 19 4 1 15 43,051 20 6 2 21 45,549 15 19 2 2 35,786 14 1 1 10 31,510 14 17 2 18 33,338


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