The Ashley book of knots / by Clifford W. Ashley.

Author/creator Ashley, Clifford W.
Format Book
PublicationGarden City, New York : Doubleday & Co., [©1944]
Descriptionx, 620 pages : illustrations, plates ; 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Mariners' Museum ; publication no. 13
Museum publication (Newport News, Va.) ; no. 13. ^A66688
Contents ''List of books.''p.593-596.
Contents On knots -- Occupational knots -- Knob knots, single-strand stopper or terminal knots -- Knob knots, single-strand lanyard knots -- Knob knots, single-strand button knots -- Knob knots, multi-strand stopper or terminal knots -- Knob knots, two-strand lanyard knots -- Knob knots, multi-strand buttons, tied in hand -- Knob knots, multi-strand buttons, tied on the table -- Single-loop knots -- Double- and multiple-loop knots -- The noose -- Knots tied in the bright -- Clove hitch and other crossing knots -- Binding knots -- The turk's head -- Bends -- Shroud knots (multi-strand bends) -- Belaying and making fast -- Hitches to spar and rail (right-angle pull) -- Hitches to masts, rigging, and cable (lengthwise pull) -- Hitches to stake and post, pile and bollard -- Ring hitches -- Hooks, beckets, and toggles -- Miscellaneous holdfasts -- Occasional knots -- Lashings and slings -- The monkey's fist and other knot converings -- Flat or two-dimensional knots -- Fancy knots -- Square knotting -- Tricks and puzzles -- Long and short splices (multi-strand bends) -- Eye splices (multi-strand loops) -- Odd splices -- Chain and crown sinnets -- Plat sinnets -- Solid sinnets -- Practical marlingspike seamanship -- Decorative marlinspike seamanship (applied knots).
General note"A list of books, belonging to the author, which contain material on knots": pages 593-596.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 593-596).
Action note committed to retain 20170930 20421231 HathiTrust https://www.hathitrust.org/shared_print_program
Issued in other formOnline version: Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947. Ashley book of knots. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Co. [©1944]
LCCN 44006788
ISBN0385040253
ISBN9780385040259

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