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TABLE XVII 



STRENGTH OF ROPES AND BELTS 

 TENSION TESTS OF STEEL WIRE ROPE 



STRENGTH OF IRON WIRE ROPE* 



(Rope composed of six strands and a hemp center, seven or twelve wires in each strand) 



STRENGTH OF CAST STEEL WIRE ROPE* 



(Rope composed of six strands and a hemp center, seven or nineteen wires in each strand) 



* As given by John A. Roebling. 



