| PART I |
| Historical |
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I | Ancient, Mediæval and Tribal Rope-Making | [11] |
| II | Rope-Making in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries | [19] |
| PART II |
| Raw Materials |
| I | Manila Fiber | [27] |
| II | Sisal Fiber | [35] |
| III | The Hemps—American, Russian, Italian. Other Fibers | [43] |
| IV | Pine Tar. | [49] |
| PART III |
| Present Day Manufacturing Processes Methods and Equipment as Seen in the World’s Largest Cordage Factory |
| I | Buying, Grading and Storing of Fiber | [55] |
| II | Preparation of Fiber for Spinning—Formation of “Sliver” | [63] |
| III | Spinning of Rope Yarn and Binder Twine | [71] |
| IV | Tarring of Rope Yarns and of Small Ropes | [77] |
| V | Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Ropewalk Method | [79] |
| VI | Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Factory Method, Two-Machine System | [85] |
| VII | Forming and Laying of Ropes—Factory Method, Single-Machine System | [91] |