Dr. William Doyle, physics, Dartmouth College.
Dr. William Cochran, longtime fisherman and knot expert.
Dr. Peter Doyle, mathematics, UCSD.
Websites
"Bowline" http://k12.colostate.edu/~tferro/ode/bowline.html
"Bowline" http://tqd.advanced.org/3599/bl.htm
"Bowline" http://www.netg.se/~jan/knopar/english/palstek.htm
"Knots" http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~styms1l/nucc-web/knots.htm
"Notes from the SeaDog: Bowline Knot" http://infosec.nosc. mil/ bowline.html
Books
1. Ashley, Clifford W. The Ashley Book of Knots. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1944.
2. Cassidy, John. The Klutz Book of Knots. Palo Alto: Klutz Press, 1985.
3. Graumont, Raoul and John Hensel. Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Rope Work. New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1942.
4. Ratsey, Ernest A. and W.H. de Fontaine. Yacht Sails: Their Care and Handling(chapter: "Rope and Rope Work"). New York: Norton & Company, inc., 1957.
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