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Rope Making, 
ry occasionallyj that contain fourteen teeth each ; and 
three more that contain twent3^-five teeth each ; and three 
more that contain fifty teeth each ; which are also occa- 
sionally put into geer for twisting up the strands, or for 
laying a rope to accommodate dilferent sizes and dimen- 
sions of ropes ; and that there are three small nut- wheels 
working into a tooth-wheel, above described, of the wheel, 
or engine, at the bottom end of the ropery, occasionally, 
that contain eight teeth each, and three more that contain 
fourteen teeth each ; and three more that contain twenty- 
eight teeth each ; which are also put into geer for twist- 
ing up the strands, or for laying a rope to accommodate 
different sizes and dimensions of ropes. Now, in order 
to lay, or twist a shroud-laid rope regularly, from end to 
end, and to keep tlie fore-twist of the strands and the back- 
twist of the rope alvv^ays regular, this invention requires 
that a wheel, or reel, or other apparatus, shall be attached 
to the wheel, or engine, at the lower end of the ropery 
above described, in such a manner as to point out and 
command the speed of the moveable top, or laying-block, 
commonly used in laying a rope. And the nut- wheels, 
at the top-end of the ropery employed in twisting the 
strand, should be so proportioned to the nut- wheels, em- 
ployed at the same time in twisting the rope at the bottom 
end, as that it shall require an equal number of turns on 
the wheel at both ends of the ropery, to give the proper 
twist or hardness to the rope, so that the workmen mak- 
ing one revolution or turn of the one wheel, or engine, at 
the same time as the workmen do on the other end, a re- 
gular proportion of twist is effected and kept up.— To 
simplify these principles, a view of the wheel, or reel, is 
prefixed to the specification. 
The strands being all then put upon the axis of the mit, 
with 14 teeth on the engine, at the bottom end of the 
ropery, and upon the separate nuts with 25 teeth on the 
