Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 197
two or more yarns by hand, andrubbing down with tarred parcelling (canvas). They areused for temporary seizings, making mats, sennit gaskets,gripes, etc., etc. What is a Spanish fox ? A single yarn, twisted up in a direction contrary to itsnatural lay. Used for small seizings ; seldom used now.… … Odds and ends of yarns and small ropes; found in thesweepings after work.WJiat is a rope yarn ? Fibres, of hemp or manilla, drawn out of the bundle,overlapped, and twisted from right to left; rope yarns aretherefore right handed ; or it is one of the yarns forming astrand. How much strain will a…
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