Screws
By: Chris Oxlade
Series: Simple machines; Simple machines
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780749675684
Subjects: Screws; Simple machines; Juvenile literature
Description: Explains how simple screws work and what we use them for in our everyday lives.
Notes: "An Appleseed Editions book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a simple machine?; title: Pushes and pulls; title: How a screw works; title: Lifting with screws; title: Gripping with screws; title: Squeezing with screws; title: Joining with screws; title: Moving with screws; title: Screws in machines; title: Screws in the past; title: Fun with screws: a model screw jack; title: Fun with screws: a screw conveyor; title: Spot the screws; title: Words to remember.