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  • Rope-making: details of various parts of a rope-making machine. Engraving by G. Daws.
  • Rope around horse to prevent it from kicking
  • Chinese/Japanese Pulse Image chart: Rope Untying pulse
  • Rope-making: men testing ropes by pulling with a capstan. Engraving.
  • Rope-making: view of a rope-walk with boys winding ropes (top), details of various weights and a carriage (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Rope-making, showing weights and different ways of winding. Engraving by Prevost.
  • Horse's lead rope applied incorrectly
  • Correct holding of horse's lead rope
  • Incorrectly applied rope halter on horse
  • Incorrectly applied rope halter on horse
  • Incorrectly applied rope halter on horse
  • Unsuitable lead rope for a horse
  • Incorrectly applied rope halter on horse
  • Twitch applied correctly, but not lead rope
  • Double lead rope with figure of eight knot
  • Putting a loop of rope on a foal
  • Chain being used as a horse's lead rope
  • A crush: well-padded floor and horse's rope
  • Horse on lead - rope being passed round body
  • Horse on lead - rope being passed round body
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: 'Traction rope and piled bricks'
  • Simple bridle on a horse, with the rope attached
  • Deformity of the hands, simulating rheumatoid arthritis (with rope)
  • Suitable lead rope for a horse, attached to head
  • Bridges: a temporary rope bridge. Engraving by J. H. Kernot after C. Varley.
  • A man and his assistant holding a rope to survey a field. Woodcut, 15--.
  • A young man wearing shorts and holding a rope in a wood. Colour photograph, 195-.
  • A young man wearing shorts and holding a rope in a wood. Colour photograph, 195-.
  • A Swiss mountain guide in profile carrying heavy rope. Photographic postcard by E. Gyger, 193-.
  • Artistic poses, plate V: a man, écorché, pulling a rope. Lithograph by Robert J. Colenso.