One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (20 page)

screw-pins,
30

screw-plates,
30
,
64

screws:

accuracy of,
97
–
98
,
101
–
2
,
103
–
6
,
110

cam-out and slippage of,
78
–
79
,
83
,
86

cost of,
70
,
72
,
76
,
110

countersunk,
78

cruciform vs. square socket,
83
,
85

endless,
118
–
19
,
138
–
39
,
143

fabrication of,
63
–
64
,
71
,
73
,
75
–
86
,
87
–
106
,
112

gimlet-pointed,
76
,
77

handmade,
73
,
77

iron,
35
,
51
–
53
,
75

mechanical bonding of,
70

metal-joining,
54
–
55

modern,
76
–
86

origins and history of,
32
,
49
–
55
,
63
–
64
,
66
–
67
,
69
–
86
,
109
–
43

ornamental,
96

Phillips,
83
–
86

regulating,
97
–
99
,
101
–
2
,
103
–
4
,
109
–
10

removal of,
70
,
86

Robertson,
80
–
83

slotted-head,
35
,
49
,
53
,
54
–
55
,
59
,
71
,
72
,
75
,
78
–
79
,
81
,
83

socket-head,
80
–
86

steel,
35
,
73

tapered, threaded bodies of,
53
,
59
,
70
,
73
,
76
–
77
,
111
–
12

uniformity in,
105

water,
139
–
43

wooden,
112
–
13
,
116
–
17
,
123
,
140
–
41

screw taps,
122
,
123
–
24

sewing machine turnscrew,
43

sextants,
31
,
97
,
99

shipbuilding,
22
,
76
,
81
–
82
,
84
,
103

Shipley, David,
13
–
14
,
19
,
25

sledgehammers,
20

slide rests,
100
–
101
,
103

Sloan, Thomas J.,
78
,
84

spanners,
60
,
61
,
67

spindles,
27
,
73
,
75
,
88

spirals,
111
–
12

spirit levels,
16
,
17
,
149

spokeshaves,
27
,
43

steam engines,
24
,
76
,
103
,
104
,
107
–
9
,
110

steam hammers,
107

steel,
33
,
35
,
43
,
62
,
64

steelyards,
137

Stephenson, George,
108

surveying instruments,
17
,
119
,
125

tape measures,
16
,
17

taps,
30
,
64
,
105

screw,
122
,
123
–
24

telescopes,
14
,
99

Ten Books on Architecture, The
(Vitruvius),
115
,
141

theodolite,
119

Thompson, John P.,
83

tilt targe,
63

tire-bouchon,
35
,
36

tire-fond,
35
,
36

toggle and loop,
45

“To Move a Given Weight by a Given Force” (Archimedes),
138

tortoise,
121

tournaments, martial,
62
–
63

tourne à gauche,
36

tournevis,
32
–
35
,
36
,
44

trephines,
25

trispast,
124

try squares,
16
,
148

tunnels,
102

turners,
88
–
89
,
96
,
101

turning catches,
62

turnscrews,
32
,
43
–
44
,
67

two-by-fours,
15

tylos,
121
–
22
,
123

tympanum,
141
–
42

undertaker’s screwdriver,
32
,
145

Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus,
115
,
124
,
136
,
141
,
142

watchmaking,
41
,
72

waterwheels,
48
,
140
–
42

wheel locks,
60

wheels,
24

book,
49
,
50

Ferris,
49

spinning,
92

Whipple, Cullen,
77
–
78

White, Lynn, Jr.,
24

Whitworth, Joseph,
105
–
6
,
107
–
8
,
109

William Marples & Sons,
42

windlasses,
137
,
138
–
39

woodcutting,
15
–
16
,
21
,
41
,
51

worm gears,
119
,
120

wrenches,
30
,
48
,
54
,
60
,
80

Wyatt, Job and William,
75
,
87
–
88
,
90
,
99

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Rybczynski, Witold.

One good turn : a natural history of the screwdriver and the screw / Witold Rybczynski.

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Includes bibliographical references.

1
. Screwdrivers—History.
2
. Screws—History. I. Title.

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