[Craigin, Harry] [from old catalog] · Boston, Lothrop publishing company · leaf 223
own in Fig. 32. Splicing is a process bywhich ropes are joined togetherso as to leave no knot. I ap-preciated its importance theother morning when I saw anintelligent man of fifty work for an hour to splice a hammock rope. Where it is specially important that the joining be a very nice and smooth… … FIG. 3 FLOATING SPAR. the rope. If it is desirable that the joining be a veryneat one, so as to admit of the ropes running readilythrough the sheave-hole of a block, the long spliceis necessary. This is made by unwinding each end KNOTS, HINCHES AND SPLICES. 219
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