This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
Good hemp rope will bear the following weights, according to size:
Circumference. | Pounds. | |
l | inch....... | 200 |
1¼ | "...... | 312 |
1½ | "...... | 450 |
1¾ | "...... | 612 |
2 | "...... | 800 |
2¼ | "...... | 1.012 |
2½ | "...... | 1.250 |
2¾ | "...... | 1.512 |
 
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