THE CABLE SHIP ON EEPAIES. 



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appears when complete. The tail ends of the stopper are 

 finally bound round tightly to the cable with yarn, and seiz- 

 ings are also put round the stopper in two or three places. 

 Two such stoppers put on to a cable, as indicated in Fig. 174, 

 one behind the other, are ample to hold it in the deepest water, 

 as the greater the pull the more the stoppers bind. When it 

 is required to ease cable out from the stoppers the end seizing 

 is taken off and the two tails held in the hands, when, by 

 easing them bit by bit, the cable is allowed to slip through. 



Fig. 175. — Kingsford's Cable Grip. 



Fig 174a shows a rope stopper put on cable during repairs in 

 shallow water. This is being made fast by means of a block 

 and tackle to a stanchion on board. 



In Figs. 175 and 176 are shown two forms of mechanical 

 stoppers or automatic cable grips designed by Mr. Herbert 

 Kingsford. In Fig. 175 the grip shoe is in the form of a thick 

 iron plate bent over on opposite sides towards the centre with 

 a space left between the ends large enough for a cable to enter. 

 Cable having been entered within the shoe, as shown in the side 

 elevation, it is jammed in position by the wedge, a blow being 

 given to the head of the wedge to make all tight. The wedge 



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