- Albert Laid Rope, 147
- Arm Gaskets, 97
- Artificial Eye on Rope End, 98
- Artilleryman’s Ring Knot, 49
- Band Driving Rope, 133
- “Becket,” 107
- Belaying, 103
- —— Cleat, 103
- —— Pin, 103
- Bellringer’s Knot, 88
- “Bend,” 10
- —— Shortening, 52
- Bending Rope to Loop, 38
- Bends, 34–42
- Bessemer Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, 12
- Bight of Rope, Definition of, 15,
16
- Blackwall Hitch, 39
- Block, Securing, to Rope, 65
- ——, Stropping, 107
- Blood Knot, 15
- Boat Fender, 104, 105
- —— —— with Ropeyarn Heart, 105
- —— Knot, Shortening, 57
- —— Ring Knot, 43, 44,
45
- Boatswain’s Chair, 131
- Bow Knot, 19
- Bowline on Bight, 28
- —— Knot, 27
- Builder’s Double Knot, 32
- —— Knot, 30, 31,
47
- Bulb, Preparing, on Wire Rope, 151
- Bunt Gaskets, 97
- Bunting Fringe, 115
- Buoy Rope Knot, 74
- Cable Splice, 92, 93
- Cable-laid Rope, 10, 11
- Calf Knot, 18
- Can Sling, 80, 81
- Capping Wire Rope, 150
- Capstan Ring Knot, 49
- Carrick Bend, 37
- Catspaw, 36, 63,
65
- Chain Knot for Lashing, 59,
60
- —— —— Shortening, 52
- —— —— Double, 58
- Chain Lashings for Poles and Ledgers, 131
- Chair, Boatswain’s, 132
- Check Knot, 24
- Chocks for Rope Ladders, 116
- Clamp, Wire Rope, 148
- Cleat, Belaying, 103
- Clews, Hammock, 128
- ——, Sail, 37
- Clove-Hitch, 32, 47
- Cocoanut Fibre Rope, 10
- Coir Rope, 10
- Colliery Band Rope, 133
- Cordage, Working, 96–124
- Cotton Ropes, 10
- —— ——, Splicing, 93
- Crabber’s Eye Knot, 27
- Cramp, Socket, 155
- Cramped Flat Rope Socket, 155
- Crane Rope, Splicing Thimble into, 141
- Cross Lashing, 60
- Crown Knot or Crowning, 67,
68,
111
- Crucible Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, 12
- Cut Splice, 92
- Dalliance Knot, 83
- Davenport Brothers’ Knot, 86–87
- Delay Knot, 49
- Diamond Knot, 71, 72
- —— ——, Double, 72
- —— ——, Single, 72
- Dogshanks Shortening Knot, 54
- Double Boat Ring Knot, 45
- —— Chain Knot, Shortening, 58
- —— Diamond Knot, 72
- —— Lark’s Head Ring Knot, 47
- —— Pitcher Knot, 79
- End Seizing, 96
- Eye, Artificial, on Rope End, 98
- ——, Flemish, 97
- —— Knots, 24–29
- ——, Left-handed, Splicing, 141
- —— Seizing, 96
- —— Splice, 92
- —— Wire Rope Splice, 134,
135
- Fairleader, 103
- Fancy Knots, 66–88
- Fender, Boat’s, 104,
105
- Fid for Rope Splicing, 91
- Figure-of-Eight Knot, 16
- Fisherman’s Bend, 34
- —— Eye Knot, 24
- —— Knot, 21
- Flat Hemp Rope, Weight of, 12
- —— Rope Sockets, 155
- Flemish Eye, 97
- —— —— Knot, 26
- —— Knot, 16, 21
- Four-stranded Ropes, 10
- “Foxes” for Mat Making, 121
- French Sennit, 97
- —— Shroud Knot, 73
- Fringe, Bunting, 115
- Gaskets, 97
- Granny Knot, 18
- Grommet, Splicing, 93–95,
98
- Gunner’s Ring Knot, 49
- Halliard Bend, Topsail, 35
- Hammer, Set, for Tightening Rope, 154
- Hammock Clew, 128
- —— Making, 125–129
- ——, Mesh Stick for Making, 125
- —— Meshes, 127
- ——, Meshing, 126
- ——, Netting, 125
- ——, —— Needle for Making, 125
- ——, Slinging, 125
- Hawser-laid Rope, 11
- Hemp Rope, Safe Load on, 12
- —— ——, Sheave on, 12
- —— ——, Weight of, 12
- Hermann’s Trick Knot, 18
- Hide Rope, 10
- “Hitch,” 10
- Hitches, 30–34
- Hook, Mousing, 106
- Hooped Socket, Fitting, 151
- —— Winding Rope Socket, 150
- Jar Sling, 80, 81
- Jury Knot, 79
- Killick Hitch, 32
- “Knittles,” 105
- Knot, Artilleryman’s Ring, 49
- ——, Bellringer’s, 88
- ——, Blood, 15
- ——, Boat Shortening, 57
- ——, —— Ring, 43–45
- ——, Bow, 19
- ——, Bowline, 27
- ——, Builder’s, 30, 31,
47
- ——, —— Double, 32
- ——, Buoy Rope, 74
- ——, Calf, 18
- ——, Capstan Ring, 49
- ——, Chain Shortening, 52
- ——, Check, 24
- ——, Crabber’s Eye, 27
- ——, Crown, 67, 68,
111
- ——, Dalliance, 83
- ——, Davenport Brothers’, 86,
87
- ——, Delay, 49
- ——, Diamond, 71, 72
- ——, Dogshanks Shortening, 54
- ——, Double Boat Ring, 45
- ——, —— Chain Shortening, 58
- ——, —— Diamond, 72
- ——, —— Lark’s Head Ring, 47
- ——, —— Pitcher, 79
- ——, Eye, 24–29
- ——, Fancy, 66–88
- ——, Figure-of-eight, 16
- ——, Fisherman’s, 21
- ——, —— Eye, 24
- ——, Flemish, 16, 21
- ——, —— Eye, 97
- ——, French Shroud, 73
- ——, Granny, 18
- ——, Gunner’s Ring, 49
- ——, Hermann’s Trick, 18
- ——, Jury, 79
- ——, Lark Boat Ring, 44
- ——, Lark’s Head Ring, 45–47
- ——, Lubber’s, 18
- ——, Manharness Ring, 49
- ——, Manrope, 69, 112
- ——, Matthew Walker, 70,
71
- ——, Mooring, 49
- ——, Netter’s, 20
- ——, Openhand, 19
- ——, —— Eye, 25
- ——, Overhand, 15, 19,
21
- ——, Packing, 61
- ——, Pitcher, 77, 79
- ——, Portuguese, 61, 109
- ——, Puzzle, 79
- ——, Reef, 17
- ——, Ring, 43–52
- ——, Rosette, 19
- ——, Running Eye, 24
- ——, Sailor’s, 17, 18
- —— —— Backhanded Ring, 48
- ——, —— Ring, 49
- ——, Security of, 10
- ——, Shamrock, 81, 83
- ——, Sheepshanks Shortening. 54
- ——, Shortening, 58
- ——, Shroud, 72, 73
- ——, Single Diamond, 72
- ——, —— Pitcher, 77
- ——, Slip Eye, 24
- ——, Slipper Ring, 43
- ——, Spritsail Sheet, 73
- ——, Staffordshire, 16
- ——, Stationer’s, 42
- ——, Stopper, 15, 67
- ——, Tack, 69, 70
- ——, Thumb, 20
- ——, Tom Fool’s, 77
- ——, Treble Lark’s Head Ring, 47
- ——, Trick, 18, 79,
83–87
- ——, True, 17
- ——, “True-Lover’s,” 79
- ——, Turk’s Head, 75–77
- ——, Twist Shortening, 53
- ——, Wall, 66, 69,
110, 111
- ——, Weaver’s, 20
- ——, Wedding, 59
- ——, Whipcord, 23
- Knotting, Material for Practising, 13
- Ladder Chocks, 116
- —— Rope, 116–121
- —— Rounds, 116
- Lancashire System of Splicing Cotton Ropes, 93
- Langs-laid Rope, 147
- Lanyard, 104
- Lark Boat Ring Knot, 44
- —— Ring Knot with Crossed Ends, 46
- Lark’s Head Ring Knot, 45–47
- —— —— —— —— Stoppered, 45
- Lashing, Chain, for Poles and Ledgers, 131
- ——, Cross, 60
- ——, Regulating, 41
- ——, Rope, for Poles and Ledgers, 131
- Lashings and Ties, 59–65
- —— for Scaffolding, 130–132
- Ledger and Pole Lashings, 131
- Left-handed Eye-Splicing, 141
- —— Rope Splicing, 135
- Link Socket, 150
- Long-splicing, 91, 135,
143, 146
- Loop Shortening, 52
- Lovers’ Knot, True, 79
- Lubber’s Knot, 18
- Magnus Hitch, 33
- Mainstay, 109
- Mallet, Serving, used in Rope Splicing, 102,
137
- Manharness Ring Knot, 49
- Manilla-grass Rope, 10
- Manrope Knot, 69, 112
- Marlinespike for Rope Splicing, 91
- —— Hitch, 39
- Marling, 102
- “Marrying” Wire Rope Splice, 135
- Mason’s Whipping, 68
- Mat Making, 121–124
- ——, Sword, 122
- ——, Thrumming, 122
- Matthew Walker Knot, 70,
71
- Mesh Stick used in Hammock Making, 125
- Meshes, Chain of, 127
- Meshing in Hammock Making, 126
- Middle Seizing, 96
- Midshipman’s Hitch, 39
- Mooring Knot, 49
- Mousing a Hook, 106
- Necklace Tie, 60
- Netter’s Knot, 20
- Netting of Hammocks, 125
- —— Needle, 125
- “Nettles,” 105
- Nippering, 62
- Openhand Eye Knot, 25
- —— Knot, 19
- Overhand Knot, 15
- —— Knot Joining two Ropes, 21
- Packing, 62
- —— Knot, 60
- Parcelling, 100
- Pilot Ladder, 120
- Pitcher Knot, Double, 79
- —— ——, Single, 77
- Pin, Belaying, 103
- Pointing End of Yoke Line, 112
- —— Rope, 107, 108
- Pole and Ledger Lashings, 131
- Portuguese Knot, 61, 109
- Pricker used in Rope Splicing, 91
- Putlogs, Lashings for, 131
- Puzzle Knot, 79
- Quarter Gaskets, 97
- Racking Hitch, 36
- Réaumur Experiments on the Strengths of Ropes,
13
- Reef Knot, 17
- Regulating Lashing, 41
- Right-handed Splicing, 135–140
- Ring Knots, 43–52
- Riveted Flat Rope Sockets, 155
- Riveting Spikes, 155
- Rolling Hitch, 35
- Rope, Cable-laid, 10
- —— Formation, 9
- ——, Four-stranded, 10
- —— Ladder, 116–121
- —— Making, Principle of, 12,
13
- —— Materials, 10
- ——, Method of Measuring, 11
- ——, Sizes of, 11
- —— Sockets, Flat, 155
- —— Splicing, 89–95
- ——, Three-stranded, 10
- ——, Weight of, 12
- Ropeyarn Heart, Fender with, 105
- Rosette Knot, 19
- Round Seizing, 96, 97
- Rungs, Rope Ladder, 116,
118
- Running Bowline, 28
- —— Eye Knot, 24
- —— Knot, 29, 30
- Sailors’ Backhanded Ring Knot, 48
- —— Knot, 17, 18
- —— Ring Knot, 49
- Sally of Bellringer’s Knot, 88
- Scaffolding, Ties and Lashings for, 130–132
- Seizing, 96
- ——, End, 96
- ——, Eye, 96
- ——, Middle, 96
- ——, Round, 96, 97
- —— Stuff, 11
- ——, Throat, 96
- —— Wire, 140
- Selvagee, 98, 99
- Sennit, 97
- ——, French, 97
- Serving, 102
- —— Mallet, 103, 137
- —— Wire Rope, 136
- Set-hammer for Tightening Rope, 154
- Shamrock Knot, 81, 83
- Shear-legs, 109
- Sheave of Hemp Rope, 12
- —— —— Wire Rope, 12
- Sheepshanks Shortening Knot, 54–56
- —— Toggled Knot Shortening, 57
- Sheet Bend, 37, 38
- —— Knot, Spritsail, 73
- Shoeing Wire Rope, 150
- “Shortenings,” 52
- ——, Bend, 52
- ——, Loop, 52
- Shroud Knot, 72, 73
- —— ——, French, 73
- Shroud-laid Rope, 11
- Single Diamond Knot, 72
- —— Pitcher Knot, 77
- Sizes of Ropes, 11, 13
- Sling for Can or Jar, 80,
81
- Slinging Hammocks, 125
- —— Plank for use as Stage, 132
- Slip Eye Knot, 24
- Slipper Ring Knot, 43
- Slippery Hitch, 37
- Socket, 150
- —— Cramp, 155
- ——, Fitting Hooped, 155
- ——, Flat Rope, 155
- ——, Hooped Winding Rope, 150
- ——, Link, 150
- ——, Solid, with Closed Ends, 154
- ——, ——, with Open Ends, 154
- Socketing Wire Ropes, 133–155
- Splice, Cable, 92, 93
- ——, Cut, 92
- ——, Eye, 92
- ——, Long, 91
- ——, Short, 89
- ——, Wire Rope Eye, 134,
135
- ——, —— —— Long, 134
- ——, —— —— Short, 134
- Splicing, 89–95
- —— Cotton Ropes, 93
- —— Grommet, 93–95, 98
- ——, Long, 143–146
- ——, Method of Starting, 141,
142
- —— Wire Ropes, 133–155
- Spikes, Riveting, 155
- —— for Splicing, 148
- Spritsail Sheet Knot, 73
- Staffordshire Knot, 16
- Stages, Painters’, 132
- Stationer’s Knot, 42
- Steel Wire Rope, Safe Load on, 12
- Stern Ladder, 116
- Stick, Mesh, used in Hammock Making, 125
- Stopper Knot, 15, 67
- Stranded Ropes, 10, 11
- “Strands,” 10
- Stropping Block, 107
- Swage, Top, 149
- Sword Mat, 122
- Tack Knot, 69, 70
- Thimble, 106
- ——, Splicing, into Crane Rope, 141
- ——, ——, —— Trawl-warp, 141
- Thread, Strength of, 13
- Three-stranded Rope, 10, 11
- Throat Seizing, 96
- Thrumming Mats, 122
- Thumb Knot, 20
- Ties and Lashings, 59–65
- —— for Scaffolding, 130–132
- Timber Hitch, 32
- Toe Chock for Rope Ladder, 116
- Toggle, 104
- Tom Fool’s Knot, 77
- Topsail Halliard Bend, 35
- Top-swage, 149
- Trawl-warp, Splicing Thimble into, 141
- Treble Lark’s Head Ring Knot, 47
- Trick Knot, 18, 79,
83–87
- True Knot, 17
- True-lover’s Knot, 79
- Tuckers or Spikes for Splicing, 148
- Tufting of Bellringer’s Knot, 88
- Turk’s Head Knot, 75–77
- Twist Shortening Knot, 53
- Wall Knot, 66, 69,
110, 111
- Weaver’s Knot, 20
- Wedding Knot, 59
- Wedging Scaffold Lashings, 132
- Weight of Ropes, 12
- Whipping, 61, 62
- ——, West Country, 62, 63
- Whipcord Knot, 23
- Wire Rope Clamp, 149
- —— ——, Safe Load on, 12
- —— —— Sheave of, 12
- —— —— Socketing, 149–155
- —— —— Splicing, 133–149
- —— ——, Weight of, 12
- Worming, 99
- “Yarns,”10
- Yoke Lines, 109
- —— ——, Fastening Off, 115
- —— ——, Pointing End of, 112