The Story of Rope
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About this eBook
- Title
- The story of rope : The history and the modern development of rope-making
- Original Publication
- North Plymouth, Mass.: Plymouth Cordage Company, 1916.
- Credits
- Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TS: Technology: Manufactures
- Subject
- Rope
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71807
- Release Date
- October 5, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Story of Rope
- 2.FOREWORD
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — Part I — THE ROPEWALK
- 5.CHAPTER I Ancient, Mediæval and Tribal Rope-Making
- 6.CHAPTER II Rope-Making in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries — Part II
- 7.CHAPTER I Manila Fiber
- 8.CHAPTER II Sisal Fiber
- 9.CHAPTER III The Hemps—American, Russian, Italian. Other Fibers
- 10.CHAPTER IV Pine Tar — Part III
- 11.CHAPTER I Buying, Grading and Storing of Fiber
- 12.CHAPTER II Preparation of Fiber for Spinning—Formation of “Sliver”
- 13.CHAPTER III Spinning of Rope Yarn and Binder Twine
- 14.CHAPTER IV Tarring of Rope Yarns and of Small Ropes
- 15.CHAPTER V Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Ropewalk Method
- 16.CHAPTER VI Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Factory Method, Two-Machine System
- 17.CHAPTER VII Forming and Laying of Ropes—Factory Method, Single-Machine System — Transcriber’s Notes
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