The steeple-jack’s instructor
by Clarence James Murray
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About this eBook
- Author
- Murray, Clarence James
- Title
- The steeple-jack's instructor
- Original Publication
- United States: The S. J. Lee Publishing Co,1921.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- T: Technology
- Subject
- Steeple-jacks
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69360
- Release Date
- November 15, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE STEEPLE-JACK’S INSTRUCTOR
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.How to Become a Steeple-Jack
- 4.THE SMOKESTACK
- 5.TO RIG A STACK WITHOUT A GIMBLET WIRE
- 6.HOW TO CHANGE THE RIGGINGS
- 7.STEEL STACKS WITH BRICK LINING
- 8.SMOKESTACKS WITH LADDERS
- 9.STEEL STACKS DECAY AT BAND
- 10.REGUYING
- 11.TRIPPING THE RIGGINGS
- 12.SELF-SUPPORTERS
- 13.KNOTS
- 14.SQUARE KNOT
- 15.BOW-LINE
- 16.HALF HITCHES
- 17.THE BLACK WALL
- 18.TANKS, TOWERS AND STANDPIPES
- 19.WATER TOWERS
- 20.CHURCH SPIRES
- 21.THE FLAGSTAFF
- 22.THE STAFF
- 23.TOP OF POLES
- 24.PRICES TO CHARGE FOR WORK
- 25.NAMES OF KNOTS, BENDS, BIGHTS AND HITCHES
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