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A short dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary defining the rope-making 'top', a grooved wooden plug used to regulate the twist when three strands are laid up into a rope. It describes how each strand sits in a groove, how the top is held by a pin and tails, and how it moves between the breast-board and sledge hooks. A line drawing (Fig. 6548) shows the top with the strands and with a twisted rope.
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- Article
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- 1876
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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