Brown's Knots and Splices - With Tables of Strengths of Ropes, Etc. and Wire Rigging

This great little book presents a complete list of all the most useful and important workings connected with Cordage, and a lucid explanation of their various formations. It provides step by step guides, along with diagrams, so even the beginner can approach the subject and should have no difficulty in following their construction. This book will endeavour to give the groundwork which will amount to skilled workmanship and art if enough practice and perseverance is committed.