A record of my former academic pursuits. Now, a digital commonplace book about things that are interesting to me: knowledge-worker productivity, document management, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, physical culture, and whatever else appeals to me.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Another Early Screw
Witold Rybzynski has written definitively on the history of the screw. I'll have to check out the details of his chronology. Of particular note, however, is this example of a screw from Veranzio's Novae Machinae of 1617:
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