| PART I | ||
| Historical | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Ancient, Mediæval and Tribal Rope-Making | 11 |
| II | Rope-Making in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries | 19 |
| PART II | ||
| Raw Materials | ||
| I | Manila Fiber | 27 |
| II | Sisal Fiber | 35 |
| III | The Hemps—American, Russian, Italian. Other Fibers | 43 |
| IV | Pine Tar. | 49 |
| PART III | ||
| Present Day Manufacturing Processes Methods and Equipment as Seen in the World’s Largest Cordage Factory | ||
| I | Buying, Grading and Storing of Fiber | 55 |
| II | Preparation of Fiber for Spinning—Formation of “Sliver” | 63 |
| III | Spinning of Rope Yarn and Binder Twine | 71 |
| IV | Tarring of Rope Yarns and of Small Ropes | 77 |
| V | Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Ropewalk Method | 79 |
| VI | Forming and Laying of Ropes and Cables—Factory Method, Two-Machine System | 85 |
| VII | Forming and Laying of Ropes—Factory Method, Single-Machine System | 91 |