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Americana
Cordage, ---. The Americana, 1903, 3 pages. Posted July 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 672 KB PDF
Cordage Industry, ---. The Americana, 1903, 4 pages. Posted July 4, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 726 KB PDF
Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics
Rope-Making Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 8 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed.
Cable, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed., 1771, 1 page. Posted March 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Rope and Rope Yarn, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1st ed., 1771, 1 page. Posted March 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Rope and Rope Making, Woodhouse, Thomas. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 10 pages. Posted June 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF
English Encyclopedia
Rope Making, ---. English Encyclopedia, 1867, 5 pages. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Great Industries of the United States
Cordage, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 4 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 716 KB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
[Cord], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 4, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Cord Dryer, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Cord-Covering Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted May 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Hair-Rope Picker, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Rope, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 3 pages. Posted September 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 644 KB PDF
[Rope], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF
Rope Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 3 pages. Posted September 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 752 KB PDF
Stake-Head, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Tackle Board, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Top, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
Manufacturer and Builder
A Test for Manilla Rope, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1885, 1 page. Posted March 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF
Aluminum with Textiles fabrics, Cord, Rope, etc., ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF
Asbestos Rope, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 6, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Enormous Rope, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1 (1869), 1 page. Posted January 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 688 KB PDF
Rope Making, ---. Manufacturer and Builder, 1889, 2 pages. Posted March 7, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Rope, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 3 pages. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 688 KB PDF
Nouveau Larousse Illustré
Grelin [Hawser], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted September 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Oxford Encyclopedia
Rope, ---. Oxford Encyclopedia, 1828, 6 pages. Posted January 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.4 MB PDF
Rees's Cyclopaedia
Cable, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 1 page. Posted February 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF
Rope, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 3 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Rope-Making, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 19 pages. Posted June 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
Repertory of Arts and Manufactures
Specification of Mr. Belfour's Patent for Making Ropes and Cordage, Belfour, John Daniel. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 2 (1795), 35 pages. Posted June 4, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF
Specification of the Patent Granted to Mr. William Chapman for a Method of Laying, Twisting, or Making Ropes and Cordage, Chapman, William. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 9 (1798), 48 pages. Posted June 7, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.3 MB PDF
Specification of the Patent Granted to John Curry for a Method of Forming and Making a Flat Rope, Curr, John. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 10 (1799), 7 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 700 KB PDF
Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. James Mitchell for a Method of Manufacturing Cables, Hawsers, or Shroud-Laid Ropes, and Other Cordages, on a Scientific Principle, Mitchell, James. The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 11 (1799), 8 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF
Workers of the Nation
Cordage and Twine Industries, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 2 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Zell's Encyclopedia
Cordage, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted April 22, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Rope, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted April 24, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
ephemera
Textile-related businesses
The Hongkong Rope Manufcturing Co., Ltd. Advertisement in Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 1 page. Posted January 13, 2004. File size 36 KB PDF
Social and political history
The Case of the Rope-Makers of London. Broadside, 1700, 1 page. Note: Scanned from microfilm. Posted April 11, 2004. File size 460 KB PDF
illustrations
---. [Gourock Ropework Co, Lts., Chile], Enciclopedia Comercial, 1922, 1 page. Posted January 19, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 780 KB PDF
---. [Gourock Ropework Co, Lts., Peru], Enciclopedia Comercial, 1922, 1 page. Posted January 19, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 740 KB PDF
---. Inside the Sisal Cord Plant in the Tanga Region, China Pictorial, 1976, No. 3, 1 page. Note: Tanzania. Posted September 25, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
patents
Fibers
Improvement in Preparing Jute Twine, US00040520, Travers, James P.. November 3, 1863, 1 page. Posted December 25, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 412 KB PDF
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