Image from page 117 of “Pearls and pearling” (1913)
Image by Internet Archive Book Images
Identifier: pearlspearling00vert
Title: Pearls and pearling
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Vertrees, Herbert H. (Herbert Harvey), 1877-
Subjects: Pearls Pearl industry and trade Pearl fisheries
Publisher: New York : Fur News Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive
View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.
Text Appearing Before Image:
Fig. 29. Hooks and Lines. stronger. There is another rope which is known as aguide rope and each end of it is attached to a lowercorner of the mule. When the mule is in use the guiderope is passed over some nails or other projections inthe back end of the boat and can be slipped to the right U4 Pearls and Pearling
Text Appearing After Image:
OUTLINE SHAPE OF A CROW FOOT DREDGE.Courtesy of ll. Willard Son & Co. or left. If it is desirable to move the boat to the right,the guide rope on the right side is tightened, which alsoloosens the left rope. If it is desirable to move the boatfarther to the left, the left guide rope is tightened andthe right guide rope is loosened, if it is desirable to gostraight ahead the guide ropes should be made equal. Another very serviceable mule is made similar to theone illustrated except that no frame is used. The clothis attached to a wooden strip above and an iron bar be-low. It is used in the same manner as the other mule.The large hauling rope which is used to drag and lift thedredges should be a strong one. A five-eighths inchnew hemp rope is strong enough, but is so small that itcuts tlu hands. A new one or one and one-quarter inch How to Make a Crow-foot Dredge Outfit. 115 rope is very good for the purpose, as it is larger andeasier to handle. Any new rope gradually gets largeraft
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability – coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Leave a Reply