. Encyclopædia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. dle aremod extended, and therefore mod drained, and havethe fmalleft remainder of their abfolute force. Unfor-tunately they are put into the moll unfavourable fitua-tions, and thofe which are already mod drained are leftthe mod oblique, and have the greated drain laid onthem by any external force. But this is unavoidable :Their greateft hurl is the drains they fudain in the ma-nufaflure. When the drand is very large, as in a nine-inch hawfer, it is almod impoflible to bring the whole *to a proper firmn
. Encyclopædia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. dle aremod extended, and therefore mod drained, and havethe fmalleft remainder of their abfolute force. Unfor-tunately they are put into the moll unfavourable fitua-tions, and thofe which are already mod drained are leftthe mod oblique, and have the greated drain laid onthem by any external force. But this is unavoidable :Their greateft hurl is the drains they fudain in the ma-nufaflure. When the drand is very large, as in a nine-inch hawfer, it is almod impoflible to bring the whole *to a proper firmncfs for laying without draining he| *^outer yams to the utmod, and many of them are broken t),,. ftra,,<Uin the operation. are twifte4 The reader will remember that s two-ftrand line was ^ec-laid or clolid merely by allowing it to thrift itfelf up at^°,°^J^jthe fwivel of the loper ; and that it was the elafticily „, ,arifing from the twift of the yarn which produced this and are«fir«a : and he would probably b« furpriiiBd when w« &<!«?«- f«d,X K ori: MAK i\. • ^^</ ? /v. -lV/^ . /i. ^y/^y. Ii,
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