that is used to shorten a rope or take up slack, such as the sheepshank. The sheepshank knot is not stable. It will fall apart under too much load or...
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Richard Sheepshanks (30 July 1794, in Leeds – 4 August 1855, in Reading) was a British astronomer. He was born the son of Joseph Sheepshanks, a Leeds textile...
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Trucker's hitch (section Sheepshank style loop)
presented in order of increasing stability. This version of the knot uses a sheepshank, in this kind of application also known as a bell ringer's knot, to form...
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Anne Sheepshanks (1789–1876) was a British astronomical benefactor. Sheepshanks was born in Leeds in 1794. She was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Sheepshanks...
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Sheepshanks is a small lunar impact crater located near the northern edge of Mare Frigoris. Due south on the opposite shore is the prominent crater Aristoteles...
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David Richard Sheepshanks CBE DL is the founding and current Chairman of the St George's Park National Football Centre and former chairman of Ipswich...
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Sheepshanks is a surname. Notable people include: Anne Sheepshanks (1794–1855), English astronomical benefactor David Sheepshanks, British businessman...
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The Sheepshanks Equatorial Telescope was a 6.7-inch (170 mm) aperture refracting telescope installed in 1838 at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The...
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John Sheepshanks (1787–1863), British manufacturer and art collector, was born in Leeds, and became a partner in his father's business as a cloth manufacturer...
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John Sheepshanks may refer to: John Sheepshanks (priest) (1765-1844), Archdeacon of Cornwall and vicar of St Gluvias John Sheepshanks (art collector) (1787–1863)...
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knot Strangle knot Surgeon's knot Thief knot Jamming knot Sheet bend Sheepshank Common whipping List of bend knots List of knots Rope splicing Ashley...
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pad Cat's paw – connects a rope to an object Catshank – variant of the sheepshank, clinched by two overhand knots with the bights passed through the twists...
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Ernest Richard Sheepshanks (22 March 1910 – 31 December 1937), also known as Dick Sheepshanks, was an English amateur first-class cricketer who played...
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Mary Ryott Sheepshanks (25 October 1872 – 21 January 1960) was a pacifist, feminist, journalist and social worker. She is not to be confused with the...
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bowline, reef knot (square knot), round turn and two half-hitches, and sheepshank. The sheet bend is related in structure to the bowline; like the bowline...
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easy to untie. The beginning of tying this knot begins with tying a Half Sheepshank, which is also known as a Bell Ringer's Knot. In order to tie this, the...
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A fireman's chair knot (also known as the chair knot, Man-O-War sheepshank, double fool's harness or the Shaw special) is a knot tied in the bight forming...
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Tate (redirect from Sheepshanks Collection)
his collection to the National Gallery in 1847. A decade later John Sheepshanks gave his collection to the South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria...
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component of a tool Drill bit shank, the non-cutting end of a drill bit Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope Shank (video game), an action game Shank...
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first building to be erected that still forms part of the museum was the Sheepshanks Gallery in 1857 on the eastern side of the garden. Its architect was...
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House. She moved in with her old friend, suffragist and pacifist Mary Sheepshanks in Gospel Oak, Lissenden Gardens. She died on 27 March 1940 following...
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include the friendship knot of Chinese knotting.[citation needed] The sheepshank knot originates from 1627[citation needed] while the Western Union splice...
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John Sheepshanks (b. Linton 5 May 1765 – d. St Gluvias 17 December 1844) was a nineteenth century Archdeacon of Cornwall. Sheepshanks was educated at Trinity...
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loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship...
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Kamikaze, a codename for a 2007 OpenWrt release Kamikaze knot, a variant of Sheepshank knot, a shortening knot Kamikaze, a water slide at Magic Mountain in Moncton...
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to it.: 208 It is a good knot with which to commence a slightly fancy sheepshank.: 210 It is also used as a trick knot due to the speed with which it...
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loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship...
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loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship...
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loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship...
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loop Prusik Trident loop Yosemite bowline Coils & shanks Chain sinnet Sheepshank Decorative Carrick mat Chinese button Celtic button Diamond Fiador Friendship...
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