ROPE AND ROPE-MAKIN

G, rope fs name for all varieties of cordage over 1 inch in circumference, Ropes are made of strong vegetable fibres, such as hemp, flax, cotton, and coir. Some times ropes are made from iron, steel, or other metal wires. Hempen’ rope is the most common, being both strong and durable; cotton ropes are more flexible than hempen, and are generally used for transmit fib f while coir fibre, which is obtained from the cocoanué and is lighter than hemp or manilla, has long been used by natives of India for making wanes it is, howev er, generally ne tar coir rope in orde r to preserve it—a, ‘proceeding unne rope-mak in, ' with a and is cleaned and twisted machinery. by It is then spun into yarn, wound on bobbins, and is or ing into cordage. The ends of the es and draws yarns from the the bobbins, The finished ropes are then wound on large reels. Hawser-laid rope is composed of three strands twisted left-hand; cable-laid rope has three strands of hawser-laid rope has a central strand slightly twisted with three other strands twisted around it. Flat rope is a series of hawser-laid ropes placed side by side and fastened by sewing.