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String Book (Paperback)
Loot Price: R342
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String Book (Paperback)
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Loot Price R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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The String Book opens with a note about an 8,000-year-old piece of
string that was found at a Stone Age settlement in England, about
which the editor of British Archaeology said, 'I don't think the
average person realizes what an important piece of technology
string has been over the ages.' The String Book is here to set that
right. What the author calls a 'cornucopia of cunning and
knowledge' fills this informative and charming collection of
history, knot instruction, facts and surprising trivia. The
chapters and sections are: * Roping Yarns Knowing the Ropes;
Stringing History; String, Rope and Religions; * String Along
Day-to-Day String; String Fanatics; * Get Knotted 40 stoppers,
reefs, bends, hitches, loops, whippings and shoelacings; * The Art
of String Cultured String; Sporty String; * Loopy Science
Discoveries and Inventions; Stringy Theories; * Country Ties On
Land; At Sea; * Loose Ends String Miscellany; Stringy Websites.
Amusing two-colour illustrations highlight the text. Here are
examples of the stringiness in The String Book: * The Ancient
Egyptians probably used string to help align pyramids north-south
and east-west. The Polynesians possibly used rope to move the
Easter Island moai statues into place. * To water plants while
you're away, trail a piece of wet natural string from a bowl above
the plants into the soil. * Farmer Francis A. Johnson spared four
hours a day to wind a ball of string until he needed a crane to
move it. * The great 15th-century inventor Leonardo da Vinci had
many ropey inventions, including a parachute, a ropemaking machine,
and rope-operated pulleys. * How to do magic tricks, how to tie a
Hojojutsu ball, how to weigh a pig, and how to make a seismograph,
a cat's cradle, a friendship bracelet, and a jar sling to carry
your bottle of water. This is a fun and surprisingly informative
book that is a great gift for any reader.
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