Question of the day--When were screws invented?

Well, God invented the bryozoan Archimedes about 340 million years ago. 
 I let y'all decide for yourselves which god.

A man later named the fossil Archimedes.  This was in honor of the 
mathematician Archimedes who invented a screw device to move water.

Some claim that the actual invention came from somewhere else, perhaps 
what is today Iraq, and that Archimedes just descrived and elaborated 
upon an earlier invention.  These people don't worship the Greeks as 
the font of all wisdom.  Quick, list the Greek Gods.

The earliest screws that I've seen with heads were wood screws used to 
hold side plates on what was a 15th century firearm.  I doubt that the 
nameless individual was the inventer.  One might be safe to credit 
Anonymous, pre 15th century, as the inventor. I don't think that 
Anomyous is a god, but he/she gets cited a lot.

Steve Stokowski


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From: Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 7:24 am
Subject: Re: [BP] Putney General Store  in  NY Times

Ralph,  You should know it's the American Screwdriver Institute I'm
interested in.  Now that should perk anyone up and keep them awake
nights!!!  BTW:  Question of the day--When were screws invented?  I 
would
assume that screwdrivers weren't needed before screws existed.  Have a
wonderful week, Ruth


At 11:35 PM -0400 4/25/10, [log in to unmask] wrote:
Honey, not to worry. Boring things have consumed great parts of ALL of
our lives since long before Nov 2008. And the authorities don't tell the
rest of us anything, either.  But we walk around in a hurry and then we
wait.

Anybody else up for chipping in to pay Ruth's dues as a member of the
American Concrete Institute?  Or the American Plywood Association, if it
still exists?

Welcome to life in the big city.  ZZZZZZZZZZZ.

Ralph

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Dummerston, VT

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