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4. The strand 6 is next unlaid about one and a half feet, and strand 5
laid in its place.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- Introduction Ch.2
- introduction of water, either into the blood, the stomach or the large Ch.3
- 1429. Burning glasses had, of course, been employed from the most Ch.4
- 1672. One of the earliest engines used consisted of a tank drawn by two Ch.5
- 1678. The fire engine was a hand pump bought in England. Ch.6
- 950. The view shows how the ship is divided into numerous water-tight Ch.7
- 51. A weaver’s knot.] Ch.8
- 1. Tie a piece of twine (9 and 10, figure 6) around the rope to be Ch.9
- 2. Butt the ropes together, and twist each corresponding pair of Ch.10
- 3. The twine 10 is now cut, and the strand 8 unlaid, and strand 7 Ch.11
- 4. The strand 6 is next unlaid about one and a half feet, and strand 5 Ch.12
- 8. Cut all the strands off to a length of about twenty inches, for Ch.13
- 9. From the point of meeting of the strands 8 and 7, unlay each one Ch.14
- 10. The half of the strand 7 is now laid in three turns, and the half Ch.15
- 11. The rope is now opened with a marlin-spike, and the half strand of Ch.16
- 12. The other half of the strand 8 is now wound around the other half Ch.17
- 1905. The cash-box was taken to New Scotland Yard, and the impression Ch.18
- 32. II. Ch.19
- introduction of machinery--suffered materially in the latter part of Ch.20
- introduction of into Europe (illus.), 110 Ch.21