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over pulleys. It is so made that ends of the strands are 

 joined at different places, making the largest number at any 

 one place only one greater than the number of strands in the 



Fig. 339. Short splice. 



rope. Thus with a three-strand rope the number of strands 

 through the splice is four. In making the long splice, a much 

 longer length of each end of the rope is unlaid. For a %-inch 

 rope, this should be about 18 inches; for a J^-inch rope, 24 

 inches; for a ^-inch rope, 36 inches; for an inch rope, 36 



Fig. 340. Long splice, three-strand rope. 



inches and so on. After unlaying the rope ends for the proper 

 distance, they are locked together as shown at A, Fig. 340. 

 By unlaying one strand from each of the rope ends and filling 



