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The kedge-anchor

Chapter 534: PART XI. TABLES RELATING TO RIGGING, BLOCKS, SPARS, ANCHORS, CABLES, &c.
By William N. Brady
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A practical manual offering step-by-step instructions and numerous engravings on knotting, splicing, rigging, blocks, purchases, running rigging, and other essential seamanship tasks, together with tables of spars, sails, block sizes, cordage, and cable specifications for different classes of vessels. Organized into sections that catalog individual knots, splices, fittings, and small-boat evolutions, it focuses on hands-on technique, materials, and measurements to instruct novice seamen and to serve as a concise reference for more experienced officers and merchant mariners.

PART XI.
TABLES
RELATING TO
RIGGING, BLOCKS, SPARS, ANCHORS, CABLES, &c.

492.—A Table showing the Weight of Cables and Anchors, used in Ships and Vessels of War, U. S. N.

Names
of
Ships.		 Rate
in
Guns.		 Hemp Cables. Chain Cables. Total Weight
of Hemp
and
Chain Cables.		 Anchors. Total Weight
of Anchors
and Cables.
Sheet. Stream. Weight. Bower. Sheet. Weight. Sheet. Bower. Stream. Weight.
        tons. cwt. qrs. lbs.     tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. tons. cwt. qrs. lbs.       tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. tons. cwt. qrs. lbs.
Pennsylvania 120 2 1 19  7 2 22 2 1 44  2 1 16 63 10 0 13 2 2 1 21 10 0 0 85  0 0 13
Delaware 80 2 1 17  9 3  7 2 1 44  2 1 16 61 12 0 23 2 2 1 19  8 0 0 81  0 0 23
Franklin 74 2 1 16  2 2  4 2 1 30  4  1 9 46  6 3 13 2 2 1 18  4 0 0 64 10 3 13
Independence 68 2 1 13 14 2 24 2 1 30  4  1 9 43 19 0  8 2 2 1 17  0 0 0 60 19 0  8
Brandywine 44 2 1 13  1 0 11 2 1 23  7  3 2 36  8 3 13 2 2 1 14 16 0 0 51  4 3 13
Constellation 36 2 1 11 13 0  8 2 1 19  3 1 15 30 16 1 23 2 2 1 11 13 0 0 42  9 1 23
Sloops, 1st Class 24 2 1  8 19 2 12 2 1 13 18 1 21 22 18 0  8 2 2 1  8  2 0 0 31  0 0  8
Sloops, 2d Class 22 2 1  7 17 1 16 2 1 12 19 3 14 20 17 1  5 2 2 1  7  1 0 0 27 18 1  5
Sloops, 3d Class 16 2 1  6 16 2 23 2 1 10 16  1 5 17 13 0  3 2 2 1  6  0 0 0 23 13 0  3
Brig Truxton 12 - 1  0 16 0 20 2 1  6 15 1 22  7 11 2 17 1 2 1  2 11 0 0 10  2 2 17
Schooners 10 - 1  0 12 0  0 2 1  5  6 0 12  5 18 0 12 1 2 1  2  7 0 0  8  5 0 12
Steamers, 1st Class - - 1  1 18 3 18 2 1 17  8  2 2 19  7 1 20 1 2 1  9  1 0 0 28  8 1 20
Steamers, 2d Class - - 1  1 11 0 10 2 1 13 18 1 21 15  9 2  6 1 2 1  6  4 0 0 21 13 2  6
  Ring.     Ring.
  Square.
Nut.		   Nut.  
  Small Round.      
Stock.   Bill.    
    Palm.    
  Shank.
Trend.		 Arm.   Shank.
    Scarf.    
      Bill.  
    Palm.
Blade.		    
  Throat.     
    Crown. Arm.   Scarf.

A Sketch, showing the Names of the different parts of an Anchor.

493.—A Table Showing the Weight, Size and Length of Guns and Carriages, U. S. Navy.

SIZE OF GUNS. WEIGHT
OF GUN.		 WEIGHT
OF
CARRIAGE.		 LENGTH
OF GUN.		 TOTAL.
  cwt. qrs. lbs. cwt. qrs. lbs. ft. in. cwt. qrs. lbs.
42 Pounder, Long Gun,  70 0 0 — 9 1    
32 Pounder,  61 0 0 — 9 2    
32 Pounder,  51 0 0 8 2  0 8 4   59 2  0
32 Pounder,  60 0 0 — 9 2    
32 Pounder,  50 0 0 — 8 4    
32 Pounder,  42 2 0 8 1  0 8 2   50 3  0
32 Pounder,  61 2 0 9 1  0 9 2   70 3  0
32 Pounder,  41 0 0 — 8 0    
32 Pounder,  41 0 0 8 0  0 7 0   49 0  0
32 Pounder,  32 0 0 — 6 7    
32 Pounder,  51 0 0 — 9 0    
32 Pounder,  43 0 0 — 8 0    
24 Pounder, Long Medium,  49 0 0 6 3  0 9 4 ¹⁄₂ 55 3  0
24 Pounder,  49 0 0 — 8 44 ¹⁄₂  
24 Pounder,  49 0 0 6 3  0 8 4   55 3  0
24 Pounder,  32 0 0 — 6 7    
18 Pounder,  38 0 0 5 2  0 8 0   43 2  0
18 Pounder,  40 0 0 5 2  0 9 2   45 2  0
18 Pounder,  36 0 0 — 7 47 ¹⁄₂  
12 Pounder,  23 0 0 4 3  0 6 48 ¹⁄₂ 27 3  0
9 Pounder,  18 0 0 — 6 1    
9 Pounder,  18 0 0 3 3  0 5 11   21 3  0
12 inch Peace Maker, 150 0  0      
10 inch Shell Gun, 136 3  0      
8 inch Shell Gun,  63 0 0 — 8 10    
8 inch Shell Gun,  68 2 0 — 9 1    
8 inch Shell Gun,  64 0 0 — 8 10    
8 inch Shell Gun,  53 0 0 — 8 4    
CARRONADES.        
42 Pounder,  27 0 0 7 2  0 4 3   34 2  0
32 Pounder,  20 0 0 — 4 1    
32 Pounder,  21 0 0 — 4 2    
32 Pounder,  19 0 0 6 2 14 — 25 2 14
24 Pounder,  13 0 0 5 2  0 3 7   18 2  0
24 Pounder,  15 0 0 6 0  0 3 9   21 0  0

494.—A Table showing the Weight of Chain Cable.

  Pounds.
150 Fathoms of 2 ¹⁄₄ inch weighs 45 249
150 „ 2 ¹⁄₈ „ 37 400
150 „ 2   „ 37 372
150 „ 1 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ „ 34 125
150 „ 1 ⁷⁄₈ „ 32 225
150 „ 1 ³⁄₄ „ 27 192
150 „ 1 ¹¹⁄₁₆ „ 25 350
150 „ 1 ⁵⁄₈ „ 23 934
150 „ 1 ³⁄₈ „ 17 204
150 „ 1 ¹⁄₄ „ 14 384
150 „ 1 ¹⁄₈ „ 11 921

495.—A Table showing how many Fathoms make 112 Pounds of 4-strand shroud-laid Rope.

486 fath. 0 feet 0 in. of 1   inch in size.
313 „ 3 „ 0 „ 1 ¹⁄₄ „ „
216 „ 3 „ 0 „ 1 ¹⁄₂ „ „
159 „ 3 „ 0 „ 1 ³⁄₄ „ „
124 „ 3 „ 0 „ 2   „ „
96 „ 2 „ 0 „ 2 ¹⁄₄ „ „
77 „ 3 „ 0 „ 2 ¹⁄₂ „ „
65 „ 4 „ 0 „ 2 ³⁄₄ „ „
54 „ 0 „ 0 „ 3   „ „
45 „ 5 „ 2 „ 3 ¹⁄₄ „ „
39 „ 3 „ 0 „ 3 ¹⁄₂ „ „
34 „ 3 „ 9 „ 3 ³⁄₄ „ „
30 „ 1 „ 6 „ 4   „ „
26 „ 5 „ 0 „ 4 ¹⁄₄ „ „
24 „ 0 „ 0 „ 4 ¹⁄₂ „ „
21 „ 3 „ 0 „ 4 ³⁄₄ „ „
19 „ 3 „ 0 „ 5   „ „
17 „ 4 „ 0 „ 5 ¹⁄₄ „ „
16 „ 1 „ 0 „ 5 ¹⁄₂ „ „
14 „ 4 „ 0 „ 5 ³⁄₄ „ „
13 „ 3 „ 0 „ 6   „ „
12 „ 2 „ 0 „ 6 ¹⁄₄ „ „
11 „ 3 „ 0 „ 6 ¹⁄₂ „ „
10 „ 4 „ 0 „ 6 ³⁄₄ „ „
9 „ 5 „ 0 „ 7   „ „
9 „ 1 „ 0 „ 7 ¹⁄₄ „ „
8 „ 4 „ 0 „ 7 ¹⁄₂ „ „
8 „ 3 „ 6 „ 7 ³⁄₄ „ „
7 „ 3 „ 6 „ 8   „ „
7 „ 0 „ 8 „ 8 ¹⁄₄ „ „
6 „ 4 „ 3 „ 8 ¹⁄₂ „ „
6 „ 2 „ 1 „ 8 ³⁄₄ „ „
6 „ 0 „ 0 „ 9   „ „
5 „ 4 „ 0 „ 9 ¹⁄₄ „ „
5 „ 2 „ 0 „ 9 ¹⁄₂ „ „
5 „ 0 „ 0 „ 9 ³⁄₄ „ „
4 „ 5 „ 0 „ 10   „ „
4 „ 4 „ 1 „ 10 ¹⁄₄ „ „
4 „ 2 „ 1 „ 10 ¹⁄₂ „ „
4 „ 1 „ 0 „ 10 ³⁄₄ „ „
4 „ 0 „ 3 „ 11   „ „
3 „ 5 „ 7 „ 11 ¹⁄₄ „ „
3 „ 4 „ 1 „ 11 ¹⁄₂ „ „
3 „ 3 „ 3 „ 11 ³⁄₄ „ „
3 „ 2 „ 3 „ 12   „ „
3 „ 2 „ 1 „ 12 ¹⁄₄ „ „
3 „ 2 „ 0 „ 12 ¹⁄₂ „ „
3 „ 1 „ 8 „ 12 ³⁄₄ „ „
2 „ 5 „ 3 „ 13   „ „
2 „ 4 „ 9 „ 13 ¹⁄₄ „ „
2 „ 4 „ 0 „ 13 ¹⁄₂ „ „
2 „ 3 „ 6 „ 13 ³⁄₄ „ „
2 „ 2 „ 4 „ 14   „ „

496.—Weight of one Foot of Bar Iron of the following forms.

THICKNESS. SQUARE. OCTAGONAL. ROUND.
Inches. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.
3   29 .45 24 .27 23 .14
2 ¹⁄₂ 20 .45 16 .85 16 .07
2 ¹⁄₄ 16 .56 13 .65 13 .02
2   13 .09 10 .79 10 .29
1 ⁷⁄₈ 11 .50 9 .48 9 .04
1 ³⁄₄ 10 .02 8 .26 7 .87
1 ⁵⁄₈ 8 .64 7 .12 6 .79
1 ¹⁄₂ 7 .36 6 .07 5 .78
1 ³⁄₈ 6 .19 5 .10 4 .86
1 ¹⁄₄ 5 .11 4 .14 4 .02
1 ¹⁄₈ 4 .14 3 .41 3 .25
1   3 .27 2 .70 2 .57
  ⁷⁄₈ 2 .51 2 .06 1 .97
  ³⁄₄ 1 .84 1 .52 1 .45
  ⁵⁄₈ 1 .28 1 .05 1 .00
  ¹⁄₂   .81   .67   .64
  ³⁄₈   .46   .38   .36
  ¹⁄₄   .17   .17   .16

Note.—The above Table shows pounds and hundredths of pounds.

497.—A Table showing the Weight of 100 Fathoms of Cable-laid Rope, from 2 to 26 inches.
ALSO A COMPARATIVE SIZE OF CHAIN.

SIZE. THREADS. WEIGHT. CHAIN
EQUAL.
    cwt. qrs. lbs.  
2     27   3 26  
2 ¹⁄₂   36   1 1  8  
3     54   1 3 25  
3 ¹⁄₂   72   2 2 16  
4     99   3 1  6   ³⁄₈
4 ¹⁄₂  108   3 3 24  
5    135   4 3 23  
5 ¹⁄₂  162   5 3 22  
6    189   6 3 21  
6 ¹⁄₂  216   7 3 21  
7    252   9 1  1  
7 ¹⁄₂  288  10 2  9  
8    336  12 0 26   ³⁄₄
8 ¹⁄₂  378  13 3 15  
9    423  15 2 25  
9 ¹⁄₂  468  17 0 22   ⁷⁄₈
10    522  19 0 21 1  
10 ¹⁄₂  576  21 0 19 1  
11    630  23 0 18  
11 ¹⁄₂  684  25 0 15 1 ¹⁄₈
12    747  27 1 23 1 ¹⁄₈
12 ¹⁄₂  810  29 3  3  
13    882  32 1 19  
13 ¹⁄₂  954  35 0  7 1 ¹⁄₄
14   1026  37 2 24  
14 ¹⁄₂ 1098  40 1 12 1 ³⁄₈
15   1170  43 0  1  
15 ¹⁄₂ 1251  45 3 26 1 ¹⁄₂
16   1332  48 3 24  
16 ¹⁄₂ 1413  51 3 21  
17   1503  55 1  0 1 ⁵⁄₈
17 ¹⁄₂ 1593  58 2  6  
18   1683  61 3 13 1 ³⁄₄
18 ¹⁄₂ 1782  65 2  1  
19   1881  69 0 17 1 ⁷⁄₈
19 ¹⁄₂ 1980  72 3  4  
20   2088  76 3  1  
20 ¹⁄₂ 2187  80 1 16  
21   2295  84 1 14 2  
21 ¹⁄₂ 2403  88 1 10  
22   2520  92 2 16  
22 ¹⁄₂ 2646  97 1  3  
23   2763 101 2  8 2 ¹⁄₈
23 ¹⁄₂ 2880 105 3 14  
24   3006 110 2  1 2 ¹⁄₈
24 ¹⁄₂ 3132 115 0 16  
25   3235 119 3  2 2 ¹⁄₈
25 ¹⁄₂ 3393 124 2 16  
26   3528 129 2 22 2 ¹⁄₈