INDEX.
- Albert Laid Rope, [147]
- Arm Gaskets, [97]
- Artificial Eye on Rope End, [98]
- Artilleryman’s Ring Knot, [49]
- Band Driving Rope, [133]
- “Becket,” [107]
- Belaying, [103]
- —— Cleat, [103]
- —— Pin, [103]
- Bellringer’s Knot, [88]
- “Bend,” [10]
- —— Shortening, [52]
- Bending Rope to Loop, [38]
- Bends, [34]–42
- Bessemer Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, [12]
- Bight of Rope, Definition of, [15], [16]
- Blackwall Hitch, [39]
- Block, Securing, to Rope, [65]
- ——, Stropping, [107]
- Blood Knot, [15]
- Boat Fender, [104], [105]
- —— —— with Ropeyarn Heart, [105]
- —— Knot, Shortening, [57]
- —— Ring Knot, [43], [44], [45]
- Boatswain’s Chair, [131]
- Bow Knot, [19]
- Bowline on Bight, [28]
- —— Knot, [27]
- Builder’s Double Knot, [32]
- —— Knot, [30], [31], [47]
- Bulb, Preparing, on Wire Rope, [151]
- Bunt Gaskets, [97]
- Bunting Fringe, [115]
- Buoy Rope Knot, [74]
- Cable Splice, [92], [93]
- Cable-laid Rope, [10], [11]
- Calf Knot, [18]
- Can Sling, [80], [81]
- Capping Wire Rope, [150]
- Capstan Ring Knot, [49]
- Carrick Bend, [37]
- Catspaw, [36], [63], [65]
- Chain Knot for Lashing, [59], [60]
- —— —— Shortening, [52]
- —— —— Double, [58]
- Chain Lashings for Poles and Ledgers, [131]
- Chair, Boatswain’s, [132]
- Check Knot, [24]
- Chocks for Rope Ladders, [116]
- Clamp, Wire Rope, [148]
- Cleat, Belaying, [103]
- Clews, Hammock, [128]
- ——, Sail, [37]
- Clove-Hitch, [32], [47]
- Cocoanut Fibre Rope, [10]
- Coir Rope, [10]
- Colliery Band Rope, [133]
- Cordage, Working, [96]–124
- Cotton Ropes, [10]
- —— ——, Splicing, [93]
- Crabber’s Eye Knot, [27]
- Cramp, Socket, [155]
- Cramped Flat Rope Socket, [155]
- Crane Rope, Splicing Thimble into, [141]
- Cross Lashing, [60]
- Crown Knot or Crowning, [67], [68], [111]
- Crucible Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, [12]
- Cut Splice, [92]
- Dalliance Knot, [83]
- Davenport Brothers’ Knot, [86]–87
- Delay Knot, [49]
- Diamond Knot, [71], [72]
- —— ——, Double, [72]
- —— ——, Single, [72]
- Dogshanks Shortening Knot, [54]
- Double Boat Ring Knot, [45]
- —— Chain Knot, Shortening, [58]
- —— Diamond Knot, [72]
- —— Lark’s Head Ring Knot, [47]
- —— Pitcher Knot, [79]
- End Seizing, [96]
- Eye, Artificial, on Rope End, [98]
- ——, Flemish, [97]
- —— Knots, [24]–29
- ——, Left-handed, Splicing, [141]
- —— Seizing, [96]
- —— Splice, [92]
- —— Wire Rope Splice, [134],
[135]
- Fairleader, [103]
- Fancy Knots, [66]–88
- Fender, Boat’s, [104], [105]
- Fid for Rope Splicing, [91]
- Figure-of-Eight Knot, [16]
- Fisherman’s Bend, [34]
- —— Eye Knot, [24]
- —— Knot, [21]
- Flat Hemp Rope, Weight of, [12]
- —— Rope Sockets, [155]
- Flemish Eye, [97]
- —— —— Knot, [26]
- —— Knot, [16], [21]
- Four-stranded Ropes, [10]
- “Foxes” for Mat Making, [121]
- French Sennit, [97]
- —— Shroud Knot, [73]
- Fringe, Bunting, [115]
- Gaskets, [97]
- Granny Knot, [18]
- Grommet, Splicing, [93]–95, [98]
- Gunner’s Ring Knot, [49]
- Halliard Bend, Topsail, [35]
- Hammer, Set, for Tightening Rope, [154]
- Hammock Clew, [128]
- —— Making, [125]–129
- ——, Mesh Stick for Making, [125]
- —— Meshes, [127]
- ——, Meshing, [126]
- ——, Netting, [125]
- ——, —— Needle for Making, [125]
- ——, Slinging, [125]
- Hawser-laid Rope, [11]
- Hemp Rope, Safe Load on, [12]
- —— ——, Sheave on, [12]
- —— ——, Weight of, [12]
- Hermann’s Trick Knot, [18]
- Hide Rope, [10]
- “Hitch,” [10]
- Hitches, [30]–34
- Hook, Mousing, [106]
- Hooped Socket, Fitting, [151]
- —— Winding Rope Socket, [150]
- Jar Sling, [80], [81]
- Jury Knot, [79]
- Killick Hitch, [32]
- “Knittles,” [105]
- Knot, Artilleryman’s Ring, [49]
- ——, Bellringer’s, [88]
- ——, Blood, [15]
- ——, Boat Shortening, [57]
- ——, —— Ring, [43]–45
- ——, Bow, [19]
- ——, Bowline, [27]
- ——, Builder’s, [30], [31], [47]
- ——, —— Double, [32]
- ——, Buoy Rope, [74]
- ——, Calf, [18]
- ——, Capstan Ring, [49]
- ——, Chain Shortening, [52]
- ——, Check, [24]
- ——, Crabber’s Eye, [27]
- ——, Crown, [67], [68], [111]
- ——, Dalliance, [83]
- ——, Davenport Brothers’, [86], [87]
- ——, Delay, [49]
- ——, Diamond, [71], [72]
- ——, Dogshanks Shortening, [54]
- ——, Double Boat Ring, [45]
- ——, —— Chain Shortening, [58]
- ——, —— Diamond, [72]
- ——, —— Lark’s Head Ring, [47]
- ——, —— Pitcher, [79]
- ——, Eye, [24]–29
- ——, Fancy, [66]–88
- ——, Figure-of-eight, [16]
- ——, Fisherman’s, [21]
- ——, —— Eye, [24]
- ——, Flemish, [16], [21]
- ——, —— Eye, [97]
- ——, French Shroud, [73]
- ——, Granny, [18]
- ——, Gunner’s Ring, [49]
- ——, Hermann’s Trick, [18]
- ——, Jury, [79]
- ——, Lark Boat Ring, [44]
- ——, Lark’s Head Ring, [45]–47
- ——, Lubber’s, [18]
- ——, Manharness Ring, [49]
- ——, Manrope, [69], [112]
- ——, Matthew Walker, [70], [71]
- ——, Mooring, [49]
- ——, Netter’s, [20]
- ——, Openhand, [19]
- ——, —— Eye, [25]
- ——, Overhand, [15], [19], [21]
- ——, Packing, [61]
- ——, Pitcher, [77], [79]
- ——, Portuguese, [61], [109]
- ——, Puzzle, [79]
- ——, Reef, [17]
- ——, Ring, [43]–52
- ——, Rosette, [19]
- ——, Running Eye, [24]
- ——, Sailor’s, [17], [18]
- —— —— Backhanded Ring, [48]
- ——, —— Ring, [49]
- ——, Security of, [10]
- ——, Shamrock, [81], [83]
- ——, Sheepshanks Shortening. [54]
- ——, Shortening, [58]
- ——, Shroud, [72], [73]
- ——, Single Diamond, [72]
- ——, —— Pitcher, [77]
- ——, Slip Eye, [24]
- ——, Slipper Ring, [43]
- ——, Spritsail Sheet, [73]
- ——, Staffordshire, [16]
- ——, Stationer’s, [42]
- ——, Stopper, [15], [67]
- ——, Tack, [69], [70]
- ——, Thumb, [20]
- ——, Tom Fool’s, [77]
- ——, Treble Lark’s Head Ring, [47]
- ——, Trick, [18], [79], [83]–87
- ——, True, [17]
- ——, “True-Lover’s,” [79]
- ——, Turk’s Head, [75]–77
- ——, Twist Shortening, [53]
- ——, Wall, [66], [69], [110], [111]
- ——, Weaver’s, [20]
- ——, Wedding, [59]
- ——, Whipcord, [23]
- Knotting, Material for Practising, [13]
- Ladder Chocks, [116]
- —— Rope, [116]–121
- —— Rounds, [116]
- Lancashire System of Splicing Cotton Ropes, [93]
- Langs-laid Rope, [147]
- Lanyard, [104]
- Lark Boat Ring Knot, [44]
- —— Ring Knot with Crossed Ends, [46]
- Lark’s Head Ring Knot, [45]–47
- —— —— —— —— Stoppered, [45]
- Lashing, Chain, for Poles and Ledgers, [131]
- ——, Cross, [60]
- ——, Regulating, [41]
- ——, Rope, for Poles and Ledgers, [131]
- Lashings and Ties, [59]–65
- —— for Scaffolding, [130]–132
- Ledger and Pole Lashings, [131]
- Left-handed Eye-Splicing, [141]
- —— Rope Splicing, [135]
- Link Socket, [150]
- Long-splicing, [91], [135], [143], [146]
- Loop Shortening, [52]
- Lovers’ Knot, True, [79]
- Lubber’s Knot, [18]
- Magnus Hitch, [33]
- Mainstay, [109]
- Mallet, Serving, used in Rope Splicing, [102], [137]
- Manharness Ring Knot, [49]
- Manilla-grass Rope, [10]
- Manrope Knot, [69], [112]
- Marlinespike for Rope Splicing, [91]
- —— Hitch, [39]
- Marling, [102]
- “Marrying” Wire Rope Splice, [135]
- Mason’s Whipping, [68]
- Mat Making, [121]–124
- ——, Sword, [122]
- ——, Thrumming, [122]
- Matthew Walker Knot, [70], [71]
- Mesh Stick used in Hammock Making, [125]
- Meshes, Chain of, [127]
- Meshing in Hammock Making, [126]
- Middle Seizing, [96]
- Midshipman’s Hitch, [39]
- Mooring Knot, [49]
- Mousing a Hook, [106]
- Necklace Tie, [60]
- Netter’s Knot, [20]
- Netting of Hammocks, [125]
- —— Needle, [125]
- “Nettles,” [105]
- Nippering, [62]
- Openhand Eye Knot, [25]
- —— Knot, [19]
- Overhand Knot, [15]
- —— Knot Joining two Ropes, [21]
- Packing, [62]
- —— Knot, [60]
- Parcelling, [100]
- Pilot Ladder, [120]
- Pitcher Knot, Double, [79]
- —— ——, Single, [77]
- Pin, Belaying, [103]
- Pointing End of Yoke Line, [112]
- —— Rope, [107], [108]
- Pole and Ledger Lashings, [131]
- Portuguese Knot, [61], [109]
- Pricker used in Rope Splicing, [91]
- Putlogs, Lashings for, [131]
- Puzzle Knot, [79]
- Quarter Gaskets, [97]
- Racking Hitch, [36]
- Réaumur Experiments on the Strengths of Ropes, [13]
- Reef Knot, [17]
- Regulating Lashing, [41]
- Right-handed Splicing, [135]–140
- Ring Knots, [43]–52
- Riveted Flat Rope Sockets, [155]
- Riveting Spikes, [155]
- Rolling Hitch, [35]
- Rope, Cable-laid, [10]
- —— Formation, [9]
- ——, Four-stranded, [10]
- —— Ladder, [116]–121
- —— Making, Principle of, [12], [13]
- —— Materials, [10]
- ——, Method of Measuring, [11]
- ——, Sizes of, [11]
- —— Sockets, Flat, [155]
- —— Splicing, [89]–95
- ——, Three-stranded, [10]
- ——, Weight of, [12]
- Ropeyarn Heart, Fender with, [105]
- Rosette Knot, [19]
- Round Seizing, [96], [97]
- Rungs, Rope Ladder, [116], [118]
- Running Bowline, [28]
- —— Eye Knot, [24]
- —— Knot, [29], [30]
- Sailors’ Backhanded Ring Knot, [48]
- —— Knot, [17], [18]
- —— Ring Knot, [49]
- Sally of Bellringer’s Knot, [88]
- Scaffolding, Ties and Lashings for, [130]–132
- Seizing, [96]
- ——, End, [96]
- ——, Eye, [96]
- ——, Middle, [96]
- ——, Round, [96], [97]
- —— Stuff, [11]
- ——, Throat, [96]
- —— Wire, [140]
- Selvagee, [98], [99]
- Sennit, [97]
- ——, French, [97]
- Serving, [102]
- —— Mallet, [103], [137]
- —— Wire Rope, [136]
- Set-hammer for Tightening Rope, [154]
- Shamrock Knot, [81], [83]
- Shear-legs, [109]
- Sheave of Hemp Rope, [12]
- —— —— Wire Rope, [12]
- Sheepshanks Shortening Knot, [54]–56
- —— Toggled Knot Shortening, [57]
- Sheet Bend, [37], [38]
- —— Knot, Spritsail, [73]
- Shoeing Wire Rope, [150]
- “Shortenings,” [52]
- ——, Bend, [52]
- ——, Loop, [52]
- Shroud Knot, [72], [73]
- —— ——, French, [73]
- Shroud-laid Rope, [11]
- Single Diamond Knot, [72]
- —— Pitcher Knot, [77]
- Sizes of Ropes, [11], [13]
- Sling for Can or Jar, [80], [81]
- Slinging Hammocks, [125]
- —— Plank for use as Stage, [132]
- Slip Eye Knot, [24]
- Slipper Ring Knot, [43]
- Slippery Hitch, [37]
- Socket, [150]
- —— Cramp, [155]
- ——, Fitting Hooped, [155]
- ——, Flat Rope, [155]
- ——, Hooped Winding Rope, [150]
- ——, Link, [150]
- ——, Solid, with Closed Ends, [154]
- ——, ——, with Open Ends, [154]
- Socketing Wire Ropes, [133]–155
- Splice, Cable, [92], [93]
- ——, Cut, [92]
- ——, Eye, [92]
- ——, Long, [91]
- ——, Short, [89]
- ——, Wire Rope Eye, [134], [135]
- ——, —— —— Long, [134]
- ——, —— —— Short, [134]
- Splicing, [89]–95
- —— Cotton Ropes, [93]
- —— Grommet, [93]–95, [98]
- ——, Long, [143]–146
- ——, Method of Starting, [141], [142]
- —— Wire Ropes, [133]–155
- Spikes, Riveting, [155]
- —— for Splicing, [148]
- Spritsail Sheet Knot, [73]
- Staffordshire Knot, [16]
- Stages, Painters’, [132]
- Stationer’s Knot, [42]
- Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, [12]
- Stern Ladder, [116]
- Stick, Mesh, used in Hammock Making, [125]
- Stopper Knot, [15], [67]
- Stranded Ropes, [10], [11]
- “Strands,” [10]
- Stropping Block, [107]
- Swage, Top, [149]
- Sword Mat, [122]
- Tack Knot, [69], [70]
- Thimble, [106]
- ——, Splicing, into Crane Rope, [141]
- ——, ——, —— Trawl-warp, [141]
- Thread, Strength of, [13]
- Three-stranded Rope, [10], [11]
- Throat Seizing, [96]
- Thrumming Mats, [122]
- Thumb Knot, [20]
- Ties and Lashings, [59]–65
- —— for Scaffolding, [130]–132
- Timber Hitch, [32]
- Toe Chock for Rope Ladder, [116]
- Toggle, [104]
- Tom Fool’s Knot, [77]
- Topsail Halliard Bend, [35]
- Top-swage, [149]
- Trawl-warp, Splicing Thimble into, [141]
- Treble Lark’s Head Ring Knot, [47]
- Trick Knot, [18], [79], [83]–87
- True Knot, [17]
- True-lover’s Knot, [79]
- Tuckers or Spikes for Splicing, [148]
- Tufting of Bellringer’s Knot, [88]
- Turk’s Head Knot, [75]–77
- Twist Shortening Knot, [53]
- Wall Knot, [66], [69], [110], [111]
- Weaver’s Knot, [20]
- Wedding Knot, [59]
- Wedging Scaffold Lashings, [132]
- Weight of Ropes, [12]
- Whipping, [61], [62]
- ——, West Country, [62], [63]
- Whipcord Knot, [23]
- Wire Rope Clamp, [149]
- —— ——, Safe Load on, [12]
- —— —— Sheave of, [12]
- —— —— Socketing, [149]–155
- —— —— Splicing, [133]–149
- —— ——, Weight of, [12]
- Worming, [99]
- “Yarns,”[10]
- Yoke Lines, [109]
- —— ——, Fastening Off, [115]
- —— ——, Pointing End of, [112]
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Transcriber’s Notes.
1. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.
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