Tailor’s tape and lathe: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Tailor’s tape — is made of — Linen. A tailor’s tape is a linen strip.
2. Step 2. Linen — is material for — Sail. Egyptian sails were made of linen.
3. Step 3. Sail — works like — Tensile structure. Stretched fabric working in tension.
4. Step 4. Tensile structure — has part — Wire rope. Cables.
5. Step 5. Wire rope — evolved from — Rope. A steel counterpart of rope.
6. Step 6. Rope — is part of — Lathe. The bowstring wraps around the workpiece and turns it.

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