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knot security; 20
               knot strength; 18
               knot terms, description; 18
               Knots and Fancy Work; 156
               knots in British warfare; 8
               knots in DNA; 6
               knots in land surveying; 7
               knots in Roman engineering; 7
               Knotting Matters; 116, 120
               knotting repertoire; 17
               knotting terms; 17
               land surveying and knots; 7
               Lapp knot; 140–141
               law of loop, hitch & bight; 20
               left-handed rope; 12
               Lescallier, M.; 142
               Lever, Darcy; 75
               Little, E.W.; 126
               Log Book Notes; 126
               loop/noose, description; 17–18
               Los Angeles, airship; 38
               Lovins, Amory Bloch; 36
               magnus hitch; 91
               Mandeville, Desmond; 18
               Markham, Gervase; 7
               Matthew Walker knot; 134–135
               McLeay, Heather; 105
               melting points of synthetic ropes; 11
               midshipman’s hitch; 92–93
               monofilaments; 12
               multifilaments; 12
               natural fiber cordage; 10
               nip; 18
               Nobbs, Robert; 7
               Nuttal, Owen K,; 100, 102
               nylon, use in ropes; 10
               one-way sheet bend; 83
               overhand knot with draw-loop; 25
               overhand loop; 30
               oysterman’s stopper knot; 29
               Padgett, Alan; 41
               parallel core braid construction; 13
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