An old engraving showing how a Victorian rope-making machine works. It is from a mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This machine is designed for making thinner types of rope. Three bobbin

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Invention of the Sewing Machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper.

Heritage History Great Inventors and Their Inventions by Frank Bachman

Rope winding spool hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Wound rope hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Drum driven hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Rope making machine illustration hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Rope wound on a drum hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Machine machinery century hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy

Revolving machinery hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy