Star.
London, England, 1808-08-10 00:00:00

sit:lva:siting-the turn 'of the tide.'
• • • ' I ads, &c. JAMES HUNTER.
. • • Hawk Roads, March 25,1808.
Ste—Mr. Curr has wrote me; saying, "he was informed I bad
.st 64-1?("Yer• Arelsor, with the Round' Cable,"' and
we"- 7'1\41 you-please the report s
false. hcive`the'r-lat.C.i,ble,out yesterday, and hlowiog strongwt
hove it in with fira bits; iefinif wind and tide, when all our,
rowel:* on the windlass w:ralilfuOt. have enabled us to get sac
square with the rostud.cabie,. I ail, ske..
• • • • LAMPS HUNTER.
It is a fact well knonT, that all small ropes are superior in pro
portion, in point of strength, to large rope*, and. she fit cab Li.
being composed generally of four of his Patent Round Ropes,
enables hire to obtain a superior strength by
.applying only two-
thirds of the hemp usually put into a cable of the same length.—
Ona "of these cables, compoied 'of fotir round ropes, of three
inches-cireineferenoe (equal to one round rope of six inches dr-
" Cifteferenee) hasbeen broken in Loodonoutd bore 14 ton 10 cwt.
2 qrs. w,ukb,iti point Ofatnifiglh, thiws its goset superiority; and
seven years application to•Collieriii; there in .ssany initancee it
does the worirof six or sight rboncl ntspes,.-proves its great dura-
bility. The common round elope of six inches circumference, bears
only 7.1 tons.•
•I he Cable of the PEASZVCiANCT weighs 19 OWL and is lot'
fathoms long ; and that of the Oes A N weighs 21 cwt. and is 109
I"thorns long, but there is room for 120 fathoms (if thought.ne-
es...eery) if the wheel be hied abaft the windlass, as is the case, It.
the ship Oexa ts. Where two fiat cables are applied, the *VIA::
Lan may be taken away, as by the use of a snatch litiek•tbe.
Capstan may be applied to any purpose that the wiudiawia now
used for. The capstan axletree beirg only 16 or 18 iticherloims:
and fixed close to the deck, is considerably steptigfrthah any.
Windlass.
To be enabled to get an anchor in a heavy; iti.atl4-'1,114. 2111r7the".—...
powers of the windlass are inadequate, wiU be foullilic4Bl,9sB
portance, and prevent, in many instances, dig necessity ofirrist#l
the cables and the loss of anchors, partkularly when' the iiejed.autl.
tide sie• the same way. The capstan and cables being fixed trpm,
deck and preserved from the weather (the small rote s of the ship
might also be accommodated there, and would be mere handy
for use) the ship wo;:iii afford about one-tenth more room for
stowage. The saving of Tabour in getting the cable, holding on
and coiling away, together with the advAnrage of the capstan be-
ing constantly in motion, afford ass opportunity for one half of the
crew to be at tbe inane time employed in loosing the sails, and
getting the ship under way ; by which means the ship's cargo anti
crew may, in mar.y instances, be saved, when otherwise, a total
loss would be inevitable.
if it should so happen that a ship should lose its flat cables in a
Foreign country, where no supply could be had, tliesParen tee can
point out to the Captain an eligible plan of wei k.npa rsnind cable
upon the flat cable capstan, at a very small expence.
For further Particulars apply to the Patentee, No. 62, Grace-
ehurch-atreet, Lgo4qa. •