ROPE-MAKING. 



Table XI. 



Shewing the Number of Threads /w Hook to work for thrce-ftrand hawfer-laid Cordage, of 3, 6, 9, and 12 Inc 

 in Circumference, of the Sizes of Yarn undermentioned, with the Weight of each Rope, and the Number of Iv 

 required to lay the fame, with the Allowance to each Man for his Labour. 



hes 

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Remarks. — In hardening the ftrands, and in laying 

 hawfer-laid cordage, it muft be worked with (in addi- 

 tion to the weight of the fledge) one prefs-barrel for 

 every twenty threads contained in the rope. This is to be 

 co.ifidered as a Handing rule in covered rope-grounds, 

 but in open grounds the prefs muft be varied according 



to the ftate of the ground, as mentioned in cable-laid 

 cordage. 



In laying three-ftrand hawfer-laid cordage, if there is any 

 doubt refpefting the fize of the yarn, you muft girt the 

 yarn you propole laying in two of your readys (or lirands), 

 and that mould be juft the fize of the rope. 



Table XII. 



Shewing the Length of Yarn required to be warped, and the different fhrinking Proportions of the Yarn in each 

 Procefs, in making the undermentioned Lengths of hawfer-laid Rope, and alfo the Weight. 



Remaris. — In hardening the ftrands the yarn will fhrink one-fifth of the whole length, which is called the rope'* 

 hardening mark. 



In laying the rope the ftrands will fhrink one-fixth of the remaining diftance, which brings the rope to the length 

 required. 



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