The story of rope
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1916]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (95)(click to expand)
- The Story of Rope
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Part I
- THE ROPEWALK
- CHAPTER I Ancient, Mediæval and Tribal Rope-Making
- CHAPTER II Rope-Making in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
- Part II
- CHAPTER I Manila Fiber
- CHAPTER II Sisal Fiber
- CHAPTER III The Hemps—American, Russian, Italian. Other Fibers
- CHAPTER IV Pine Tar
- Part III
- CHAPTER I Buying, Grading and Storing of Fiber
- CHAPTER II Preparation of Fiber for Spinning—Formation of “Sliver”
- CHAPTER III Spinning of Rope Yarn and Binder Twine
- CHAPTER IV Tarring of Rope Yarns and of Small Ropes
- CHAPTER V Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Ropewalk Method
- CHAPTER VI Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Factory Method, Two-Machine System
- CHAPTER VII Forming and Laying of Ropes—Factory Method, Single-Machine System
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