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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Scribner edition as follows:
Rybczynski, Witold.
One good turn : a natural history of the screwdriver and the screw / Witold Rybczynski.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Screwdrivers—History. 2. Screws—History. I. Title.
TJ1201.S34 R93 2000
621.9'72—dc21 00-036988
ISBN 0-684-86729-X
0-684-86730-3 (Pbk)
ISBN 978-0-743-21908-2 (eBook)