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8. Cut all the strands off to a length of about twenty inches, for

convenience in manipulation. The rope now assumes the form shown in _b_, with the meeting-points of the strands three feet apart. Each pair of strands is now successively subjected to the following operations:

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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