ROPE-MAKING. 



Table VI. 



Shewing the Number of Threads to work per Hook and Heart for cable-laid Stays, four Strands and a Heart, of 

 5, 10, 15, and 19 Inches in Circumference, of the undermentioned Sizes of Yarn, with the Girt of each Strand pre- 

 fixed againft each Size. 



The fhrinking proportions of cable-laid ftays are exactly heart of the ilay to encompafs, occafions the ftrands to 



the fame as in tnree-itrand cable-laid cordage, except in the fhorten in a much greater proportion than in three-ftrand ca- 



clofing the (lay, which being compofed of four ftrands, lie ble-laid cordage. The (lay, in clofing, will ihorten -fa parts 



much clofer in the rope than three ftrands, and having the of the length of yarn firft warped. 



Table VII. 



Shewing the Weight of cable-laid Stays, four Strands and a Heart, from 5 to 19 Inches in Circumference, and from 



5 to 30 Fathoms in Length. 



Table VIII. 



Shewing the Number of Threads to work per Hook for four-ftrand cable-laid Cordage without a Heart, from 

 5 to 24 Inches in Circumference, of the Sizes of Yarn undermentioned, with the Weight of each Cable prefixed. 



