Sentence:  The <WSD>salvagee</WSD> or sub-division system is intended to remove this objection. The gradual and progressive re-action, which forms a distinctive character of this system, generates the strongest adhesion of the twists, or component parts of the rope, . (which at the same time are in spiral directions) nearly parallel; and of consequence, with a power but fractionally inferior to a combination of yarns parallel to each other. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).