[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.
