Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 213
d all the loosefragments are loosened and fall to the ground. The fibres now drawn out into long parallel threads, haveto undergo the process of twisting. The fibre has to betwisted into yarn, the yarns into rope. A rope consists ofseveral parts, and in most cases, is a twisting within a twisting,… … dissecting one of these, D. we find it to be composed of anumber of threads called yarns, and if we untwist one of theyarns, we arrive finally at the hempen-fibres themselves. The first stage, therefore, of making hemp into rope, isspinning it into yarn, and this brings us at once to what is
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