The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 307
working load, allow from one-fifth to one-seventh of thebreaking strain. 270 ROPES SPLICES AND BENDS Splicing is the operation of joining two pieces of rope soas to obtain one continuous piece with no appreciableincrease of diameter at the splice. There are several kindsof splices but the principal… … Fig. 1 splice is the same or only slightly greater than that of therope itself. In the long splice, no increase in diameter isallowed. The only tools necessary for splicing hemp ormanila ropes used for ordinary running gears are a marline-spike and a knife. The marlinespike is made of either ironor…
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