Block and Tackle

“A Block is a pulley or a system of pulleys rotating on a pintle mounted in its frame or shell with its band and strap. There are many kinds of blocks, as a pulley block, a fiddle block, a fish block, a fly block, a heart block, a hook block, etc. A block and tackle is the block and the rope rove through it, for hoisting or obtaining a purchase."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

fish, fly, fiddle, pulley, heart, block, lift, Hook, tackle, hoisting

Galleries

Pulleys

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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