Simple experiments with screws
By: Chris Oxlade
Series: Science experiments with simple machines
Publisher: Windmill Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781615337538; 9781615338238; 9781615338245
Subjects: Hardware; Bolts and nuts; Screw-threads; Screws; Simple machines; Juvenile literature; Experiments
Description: With readable text and an emphasis on practical application, this book explores the many ways that we use screws every day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Simple machines; title: How screw threads work; title: Fixing things with screws; title: The force of screws; title: Nuts and bolts; title: Nuts and bolts at work; title: Gripping with screws; title: A screw press; title: Screws in the past; title: Lifting and adjusting with screws; title: Moving with screws; title: Lifting with screws.