Table 71. 

 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. 



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TABLE 71. — Manila Rope. 



Manila Rope, Weight and Strength — Specification Values. From U. S. Government Stand- 

 ard Specifications adopted April 4, 1918. 



Rope to be made of manila or Abaca fiber with no fiber of grade lower than U. S. Govern- 

 ment Grade I, to be three-strand,* mediimi-laid, with maximum weights and minimum strengths 

 shown in the table below, lubricant content to be not less than 8 nor more than 12 per cent of 

 the weight of the rope as sold. 



* Four-strand, medium-laid rope when ordered may run up to 7 % heavier than three-strand 

 rope of the same size, and must show 95 % of the strength required for three-strand rope of the 

 same size. 

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