Experimental engineering and manual for testing. For engineers and for students in engineering laboratories (1906)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 171
n used for hold-ing the rope with success. Wire Rope.—Wire-rope specimens may be prepared asshown in Fig. 89, or they may be prepared by pouring a mass Fig. 89.—Wire-rope Test-piece. of melted Babbitt metal around each end and moulding into aconical form, taking care that the rope is in the exact… … Fig. 90.—Old C E. Standard Specimen for Cement. men, by the amount of water used, and by the method of mix-ing the cement. To get results which may safely be compared,it is necessary to have the test-specimens or briquettes ofexactly the same form, and pulled apart in shackles or holders 5 89.]…
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