10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWSER-LAID»
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hawser-laid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
Suppose you want to make a rope either cable or hawser-laid, to be tapered one-
third the length, and one-third the size; you must refer to Table V. or XIV. for
making taper-cable, or hawser-laid Cordage, two-thirds the length and two-thirds
the ...
2
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Shrouds, t^cks, stays, and sheets - Lines for clews - - - - Tarred Machine Spun. By
Cable-laid ... Hawser-laid ... ,, Hide tiller ropes „ Yarn selected from worn cordage
it Spun yarn, white 11 re-manufactured 11 Oakum, spun and coiled „ Returns, ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
1866
3
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
... 11 2,698 6 5 2,774 3 5 ^— 175 17 - Cablets, Transporting, Petersburg Hemp :
25 threads 165 3 10 326 7 3 24 1 2 6 2 3 42 19 11 - » 356 10 8 З77 5 6 20 U 10
Hawser-laid : 45 10 - — 4 Strands, Riga Hemp: 25 and 30 threads - 795 0 7
1,670 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
1871
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
Suppose you want to make a rope either cable or hawser-laid, to *be tapered one
-third the length, and one-third the size; you must refer to Table V. or XIV. for
makin taper-cable, or hawser-laid cordage, two-thirds the len E and two-thirds the
...
5
On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information ...
With Information Regarding Freights, Charter-parties, &c. &c Robert White
Stevens. strongest description of rope is untarred, white, three-stranded [ROPE
rope ; and the next in the scale of strength is the common three-straud, hawser-
laid rope, ...
Robert White Stevens,
1871
6
Constitution - All Sails Up and Flying
ROPE: HAWSER-LAID,. SHROUD-LAID. AND. CABLE-LAID. ope was the sailor's
constant companion. Awake or asleep he depended on rope for survival, for
comfort and for amusement. Rope not only controlled masts, sails and spars, but
...
7
A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines: containing a ...
Large ropes are distinguished into two main classes, the cable-laid and hawser-
laid. The former are composed of nine strands, namely, three great strands, each
of these consisting of three smaller secondary strands, which are individually ...
Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt,
1853
8
Admiralty Manual of Seamanship
03022. Splicing Hawser-laid and Multi-plait Cordage Splicing is a method of
joining the ends of two ropes together, or of making an eye in the end of a rope,
by interlocking the strands. Unless otherwise stated it should be accepted that all
...
Shroud laid rope has four strands, and cable or hawser laid rope consists of three
strands laid up as for plain laid rope, and then three of these three-ply strands
laid up to form the hawser. Hawser laid rope is twisted together left-handed and,
...
10
The Language of Sailing
First attested in 1406 in Durham Account Rolls (Surtees Society, 1898-1901), 606
. rope cordage of more than one inch diameter, made from natural or man-made
fibres or wire, plaited, braided or laid (hawser- laid) - cable-laid referring to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWSER-LAID»
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hawser-laid is used in the context of the following news items.
Anchors: The never-ending story
... 40m x 12mm hawser-laid nylon and our 12kg anchor angel), and have never had a problem in getting the anchor to set, except in Tasmanian ... «My Sailing, Sep 09»
Types of Rope
... together, in the opposite direction, to yield strands ... which are in turn twisted back in a right-hand direction (in groups of three) to make "hawser-laid" rope. «Mother Earth News, Jun 08»