3479073 Hoddart\'s machinery for making rope, 1850; (add.info.: Hoddart\'s machinery for making rope. The hemp yarn was put on to bobbins and the number of strands required to five the necessary thickness of rope passed through funnel to the machinery which did the twisting. This apparatus did away with the need for rope walks long enough to make ship\'s cables without joins.); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.