† sparto-statics
[ad. mod.L. spartostatica (Stevinus, 1605), f. Gr. σπάρτον rope: see statics.]
The science or study of the strength of ropes.
| 1672 Wallis in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 531 Mr. Townley..may receive satisfaction from Stevinus in his Sparto-statics. |