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... Splice . Eye Splice . -Long Splice . - Flemish Eye.- Cut Splice . - Wall Knot . To crown a Wall Knot . - To double wall a Wall Knot . To double crown a Wall Knot . - A Stopper Knot . Shroud Knot . - French Shroud Knot . Buoy Rope Knot ...
... Splice . Eye Splice . -Long Splice . - Flemish Eye.- Cut Splice . - Wall Knot . To crown a Wall Knot . - To double wall a Wall Knot . To double crown a Wall Knot . - A Stopper Knot . Shroud Knot . - French Shroud Knot . Buoy Rope Knot ...
Page 136
... splice is used ; otherwise a Short splice . In short splices when there is no service the ends should be put through twice each way ; when the ends are served down , once and a half is sufficient . All splices are weaker than the rope ...
... splice is used ; otherwise a Short splice . In short splices when there is no service the ends should be put through twice each way ; when the ends are served down , once and a half is sufficient . All splices are weaker than the rope ...
Page 137
... splice is the weakest ; the cutter stay fashion next ; and the old way of securing with throat and end seizings , is so strong as to break the rope . * In forming cables , the splicing tails are stronger than the arti- ficial eye , but ...
... splice is the weakest ; the cutter stay fashion next ; and the old way of securing with throat and end seizings , is so strong as to break the rope . * In forming cables , the splicing tails are stronger than the arti- ficial eye , but ...
Page 144
... splice of the strop is always placed at the lower part of the block . A block is double stropped when it is desirable to give it a different stand to what it would have with a single one , as in the case of brace blocks . Gun Tackle ...
... splice of the strop is always placed at the lower part of the block . A block is double stropped when it is desirable to give it a different stand to what it would have with a single one , as in the case of brace blocks . Gun Tackle ...
Page 148
... spliced into each , and like the eyes of the rigging they are wormed , parcelled towards the eye , served and seized with a round seizing passed over a strip of tarred canvass . Single pendants are formed with a cut splice in the eye ...
... spliced into each , and like the eyes of the rigging they are wormed , parcelled towards the eye , served and seized with a round seizing passed over a strip of tarred canvass . Single pendants are formed with a cut splice in the eye ...
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