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Copyright © 2000 by Witold Rybczynski

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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)