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Excerpt from The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9: Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, and Selections of Useful Practical Papers From the Transactions of the Philosophical Societies of All Nations, &C., &C Left the principles I have defcribed, which ad mit of confiderable variety in the execution, fhould not be fu iciently plain to enable. Any mechanic to confirue't a proper machine, I have annexed plains Of one Of the methods Of applica tion, both for fhroud and cable-laid ropes, of which the following is an explanation. In 1. (plate I.) a, is a table or platform, with Or without, as occafion may require, {o many fianchions as may be nece 'ary to fup port the requifite number of reels of yarn; each reel turning round its Own axis, as in c, c, in Figs. 3 and and all the yarn concentred at the her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."