XIV, 6 King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes 643 
TABLE XLI.—Number of rope test specimens ruptured and the manner of 
their failure—Continued. 
MACHINE-LAID ROPES MADE OF Smee ar seca CORDAGE FIBERS. 
| 
Sedebusaes bro-| 
kenineye- | 
splices. 
| 
Occurrence of failure in 
specimen giving— 
Number of | 
tests averaged. | 
Fiber. Maximum Minimum 
value. _ value, 
Dry- | Wet. | Dry. | Wet. 
Dry Wet Dry Wet 
series. | series. | series. | series. 
Musa textilis\ grade “F”’ 
abacé rope, 81 millimeters 
in cireumference______-_.____ 14 10 14 6 E E E E 
Musa textilis; grade “GQ” 
abacaé rope, 26 millimeters 
in circumference ______._.___ 15 10 12 6 U U E E 
Agave cantala; grade Cebu i 
ING. Bits ae ee 15 10 | il 2 E E E U 
Total ics “| 30] ¥s7}/ 14| @ | © | © | & 
HAND-LAID ROPES MADE OF MISCELLANEOUS PHILIPPINE FIBERS. 
1 | 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 50 | 
millimeters in circumference. 5 4 - 0 E U U U 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 44 
millimeters in circumference. 8 4 i ego | U U E E 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 24 3 
millimeters in circumference. 12 6 2 3 U U U U 
Corypha elata; buntal rope, 22 
millimeters in circumference. 5 5 8 2 U U E E 
Annum U8. ce ies 5 5 1 2 E U U E 
Anamirta coceulus___.__.._.__. 5 3 0 U E U U 
Dendrocalamus merrillianus__- 5 5 4 4 E E E U 
WOU iol 45 82{ m7 n13 | (e) (b) {e) (=) 
Grand total 248 217! 0122 P73! (a) (r) (s) () 
°1U, 33 per cent; 2E, 67 per cent. 240.6 per cent. 
t 8E, 100 per cent. ° 49.3 per cent. 
® 4U, 57 per cent; 8E, 43 per cent. P86 per cent. 
»65U, 71 per cent; 2E, 29 per cent. 424U, 57 per cent; 18E, 43 per cent. 
® 84 per cent. _ *29U, 69 per cent; 13E, 31 per cent. 
146.7 per cent. *24U, 57 per cent; 18E, 43 per cent. 
™ 37.8 per cent. ‘t 27TU, 64 per cent; 15E, 36 per cent. 
spliced sections of a larger proportion of the specimens giving 
maximum values. On the other hand, the preponderance of 
minimum values is not found in those that broke in eye-splices. 
About half of the dry test pieces giving minimum values failed 
in the unspliced section of the test piece. As in the case of 
the maximum values, wetting had the effect of causing: a still 
less Beaten of breaks in eye-splices. 
