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13510	Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)	Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Directions for Making All the Most Useful and Ornamental Knots in Common Use, with Chapters on Splicing, Pointing, Seizing, Serving, etc.			.txt	text/plain	11361	1047	89	thousand ways and times a knowledge of rope and knots is useful and The number of knots, ties, bends, hitches, splices, and shortenings in and bends, we use the terms "standing part," "bight," and "end" (Fig. 3). The "Ordinary Knot," for fastening heavy ropes, is shown in Fig. 19. Knot" (Fig. 22) is more useful in joining small lines, or twine, than good method is to use the "Half-hitch and Seizing," shown in Fig. 29. the end passed through the loop, thus forming a slip knot. These knots are formed by passing the end of a rope twice or more "Chain Knot." To make this shortening, make a running loop (_A,_ Fig. 70), then draw a bight of the rope through this loop, as shown at _B_, knots and for ending up rope. rope-end knots, known as the "Double Wall and Crown," or "Manrope	./cache/13510.txt	./txt/13510.txt