Cable
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A one-page excerpt from the 1771 first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica defining 'cable' as a thick hemp rope used to hold a ship at anchor or to raise loads with cranes and pulleys. It explains how cables are built from three strands, each of three ropes, each of three twists, and describes the use of sticks in twisting. It includes a table of thread counts and weights for cables of 3 to 20 inches circumference, plus nautical terms such as sheet-anchor cable, serving, splicing, and paying out cable.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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