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Trivial knots, or unknots. Knots have been used for basic purposes such as recording information, fastening and tying objects together, for thousands of years.The early significant stimulus in knot theory would arrive later with Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and his vortex theory of the atom.
Instructions. [1] The bowline ( / ˈboʊlɪn / or / ˈboʊlaɪn /) [2] is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load. The bowline is sometimes referred to as king of the knots because of its ...
Knot board [] on Elbe 1 (ship, 1965). A knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend fastens two ends of a rope to each another; a loop knot is any knot creating a loop; and splice denotes any multi ...
Surviving nooses in the United Kingdom show simple slipknots that were superseded in the late 19th century with a metal eye spliced into one end of the rope, the noose being formed by passing the other end through it. The classic hangman's knot was largely developed in the United States. Filmed hangings of war criminals in Europe after World ...
Noose. A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure a rope to a post, pole, or animal but only where the end is in a position that the loop can be passed over.
Necktie. A necktie, or simply a tie, is a piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat, and often draped down the chest. Variants include the ascot, bow, bolo, zipper tie, cravat, and knit. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat.
The shoelace knot, or bow knot, is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow ties . The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a half hitch, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop ( bight) and joining the loops with a second half hitch. The size of the loops and the length of ...
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister (Japanese: 甘神さんちの縁結び, Hepburn: Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi, lit. ' Matchmaking of the Amagami Household ' ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marcey Naito.