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Table XLI.- — Number of rope test specimens ruptured and the manner of 
their failure — Continued. 
MACHINE-LAID ROPES MADE' OF COMMERCIAL CORDAGE FIBERS. 
Number of 
tests averaged. 
Specimens bro- 
ken in eye- 
splices. 
Occurrence of failure in | 
specimen giving — 
Fiber. 
Dry- 
Wet. 
Dry. 
Wet. 
Maximum 
value. 
Minimum 
value. 
Dry 
series. 
Wet 
series. 
Dry 
series. 
Wet 
series. 
Musa textilis: grade “F” 
abacs rope, 31 millimeterB 
in circumference _ 
11 
10 
14 
6 
E 
E 
E 
E 
Musa textilis', grade “G” 
abacd rope, 26 millimeters 
in circumference 
16 
10 
12 
6 
U 
U 
E 
E 
Agave cantala; grade Cebu 
No. 2 
15 
10 
11 
2 
E 
E 
E 
U 
Total . 
44 
30 
t37 
114 
(■=) 
(e) 
(f) 
(0) 
HAND-LAID ROPES MADE OF MISCELLANEOUS 
PHILIPPINE FIBERS. 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 50 
1 
millimeters in circumference. 
5 
4 
2 
0 
E 
U 
U 
U 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 44 
millimeters in circumference. 
8 
4 
5 
1 
U 
u 
E 
E 
Cocos nucifera; coir rope, 24 
millimeters in circumference. 
12 
6 
2 
3 
U 
u 
U 
U 
Corypha data: buntal rope, 22 
millimeters in circumference. 
5 
5 
3 
2 
U 
u 
E 
E 
Amormim sp--_ 
5 
5 
1 
2 
E 
u 
U 
E 
Anamirta coceulvs 
5 
3 
0 
U 
E 
U 
U 
Dendrocalamtis meT'rillianus 
5 
5 
4 
4 
E 
E 
E 
u 
Total 
45 
32 
ml7 
ol3 
(e) 
(h) 
(^) 
(s) 
Grand total 
248 
217 
0 122 
p78 
(^) 
(r) 
(0 
1^) 
® lU, 33 per cent ; 2E, 67 per cent. 
^ 3E, 100 per cent. 
^ 4U, 57 per cent ; 3E, 43 per cent. 
^ 5U, 71 per cent; 2E, 29 per cent. 
^ 84 per cent. 
^ 46.7 per cent. 
37.8 per cent. 
° 40.6 per cent. 
^ 49.3 per cent, 
p 36 per cent. 
24U, 67 per cent; 18E, 43 per cent. 
^ 29U, 69 per cent; 13E, 31 per cent. 
® 24U, 57 per cent ; 18E, 43 per cent. 
' 27U, 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 number of breaks in eye-splices. 
