In the nineteenth century, 1811 to be exact, the jeers were unrove after the yard was slung, the weight of the yard being borne by chain slings. The jeers used then were a treble block lashed to the mast head through a hole in the center of the top

Too bad that chronoportation is not yet fully developed. If it were, we could go back and perhaps help the old professor figure out a gimmick for storing his universal solvent.

[…] You ought to try one of these biscuits. They're good. I've not long had breakfast, Morgan told him.

Have I not cause to rave, and beat my breast, / To rend my heart with grief and run distracted?