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Rope facts for kids
A blue rope
A rope is made out of several threads. The material can be organic, like flax, or it can be small threads of steel (in case of a steel rope, wire or cable). A rope can be used to lift, or pull things, like pulling a ship into a harbour with another ship, or fixing the ship so it does not move away.
Images for kids
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A coil of rope
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Mooring and rope
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Dynamic Kernmantle rock climbing rope with its braided sheath cut to expose the twisted core yarns and core yarn plies.
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Section through the same rope
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Ancient Egyptians were the first to document tools for ropemaking
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Illustration of the S and Z naming convention
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Rope making using the twisted rope method on a 1928 Metters Rope Making Machine
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A rope braiding machine at the Arbetets Museum (Museum of Work) in Norrköping, Sweden
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Cordage aboard the French training ship Mutin
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A ropemaker at work, c. 1425
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A German ropemaker, around 1470 AD
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Public demonstration of historical ropemaking technique
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A piece of preserved rope found on board the 16th century carrack Mary Rose
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A ropewalk in Karlskrona, Sweden