Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 213
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 … MANUFACTURE OF ROPES. 191 technically called the rope-walk, a long narrow space ofground, at one end of which is a wheel, three or four feet indiameter, round which a band passes in such a manner as togive rotation to a small number of hoots or whirls disposedround a semicircular frame above the…
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