Couldst someone bend that remark to my halyards? No libraries to which I have access own Day’s book the book of Day’s.
[This belongs in Chit Chat, but to be quick … : ]
CLDay, The Art of Knotting & Splicing, 4th ed.
p.16, 2nd col. top
“Little is known about the mechanics of knots, and
friction itself is still a scientific mystery. Under the
circumstances, it behooves the layman to speak skep-
tically rather than dogmatically about why knots be-
have the way they do.”
Cheers,
–dl*
Hi swanoonie,
Welcome,
Have a read of Roo’s excellent site, in particular his page on The Power of Friction – a lot has been learnt since that paragraph was written by Day.
Derek
Ah! I thank thee, good sirs both.