10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAPPLING IRON»
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grappling iron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grappling iron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications : ...
The application of a long lever mounted upon the jib of the crane, one arm of this
lever being much longer than the other, and there being connected to the short
arm a grappling iron, and to the end of the long arm a rod which supports a scale
...
2
Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for
Iron and Steel ...
A common pulley, into one side of which a small iron staple is driven, being
procured, a chain 18 inches long is attached to the top, to the other extremity of
which is fixed, (if the term be admissable) a comprehensive grappling iron. A
strong ...
Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey, 1830
... a grapplrngciron; a grapples iron; an anchor. grapple-hook 'gzazpol,hok n. a
grapnel ; a grappling-iron. grapple-iron 'gzaepal,ai-ozn n. a grappleshook; a
grappling; iron; a grapnel. grapple-rope 'gzmpolpop n. the rope to which a
grapple rs ...
4
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci: Arranged, Rendered Into ...
At one end of this was a small grappling iron and at the other a counterpoise; and
there was also attached 12 feet of chain; and, at the end of this chain, as much
rope as would reach from the chain to the base of the top, where it was fixed with
...
Leonardo (da Vinci), 1956
5
History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and ...
Quintus Curtius * and Livy -|-, in one part of their history, seem to suppose it to
have in no degree differed from the common grappling iron ; but the Jatter, in a
former chapter $, describes it to have been a beam, or lever, to the ends of .which
...
6
The new and complete dictionary of the German and English ...
Slammern tmriSBieber&afen ober5Burf» flammetn, a Grappling-iron. Sla.mner, (
Term of she Joiners) a Holdfast. Slammer, (Term of the Masons) an Anchor, an
iron Bar like anS, used to strengthen a Wall. Slammer, (Term of the Printers) a ...
7
The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette
... at page 40 of your last number, to page 40 of your tenth volume, where he will
find I proposed to effect the perpendicular descent of balloons after the grappling
iron had caught hold of the earth, by taking an elevated point of attachment.
8
Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and ...
A common pulley, into one side of which a small iron staple is driven, being
procured, a chain 18 inches long is attached to the top, to the other extremity of
which is fixed, (if the tenn be admissable) a comprehensive grappling iron. .A
strong ...
9
Political Grace: The Revolutionary Theology of John Calvin
Calvin squeezes out of that problem with what is really a grappling iron. The
image I have in mind is of Calvin stuck in an alcove, a cul-de-sac from which the
known escape routes have been closed. He twirls a rope with a grappling iron on
the ...
Coiled round one arm he carried a long rope, to the end of which was fastened a
grappling-iron. " Back, there ! and give me room !" cried he, uncoiling the rope,
laying hold of it near the end, and endeavouring to throw the grappling-iron up to
...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAPPLING IRON»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
grappling iron is used in the context of the following news items.
More than 1300 back calls to clean up River Freshney
"I've even designed a grappling iron to try to collect debris from the river." Leigh Edlin, operations manager at the Environment Agency, said the ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jun 15»
Plymouth killer who fled to Australia is jailed for 16 months
The killer forced the bars of a ground floor room and used a rope of bedding and a makeshift grappling iron to scale an 18ft fence. He was ... «Plymouth Herald, Mar 15»
Plymouth man who escaped prison after stabbing his aunt to death …
The killer forced the bars of a ground floor room and used a rope of bedding and a makeshift grappling iron to scale an 18ft fence. He was ... «Plymouth Herald, Jan 15»
Tragedy in Lakefield, 1939: Five people died when a car plunged …
The grappling iron was hooked to the tow truck and shortly he was proved to be correct. Eddie Roach, Elm Street, dived into the water and saw ... «Peterborough Examiner, Oct 14»
Is Ramsey the Raconteur the greatest Wicker?
I had received him as a Christmas present along with an empty pencil case and a grappling iron!" Ian Scott tells the story how Ray, who has ... «John O'Groat Journal, Jun 12»
To catch a pirate: The British ex-servicemen battling to protect …
As pirates hooked the ship with their grappling iron, he managed to drive them off, despite being unarmed, by throwing a fridge full of ... «Daily Mail, Dec 11»
I'm the pirates' worst nightmare
I can see this big-limbed, impossibly tall Somali guy with an evil grin getting ready to swing the grappling iron up and over. He's wearing a ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 11»
