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Screws / Chris Oxlade.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Simple machinesPublication details: London : Franklin Watts, 2007.Description: 32 pages; illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780749675684
  • 0749675683
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.882 22
Contents:
What is a simple machine? -- Pushes and pulls -- How a screw works -- Lifting with screws -- Gripping with screws -- Squeezing with screws -- Joining with screws -- Moving with screws -- Screws in machines -- Screws in the past -- Fun with screws: a model screw jack -- Fun with screws: a screw conveyor -- Spot the screws -- Words to remember.
Summary: There are screws all around us - from the cap on a drinks bottle to the taps in our kitchens. But what are screws, and how do they work? This book answers these questions and many more. With clear text and colourful illustrations, it explains what screws do and why they are so useful to us in our everyday lives.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 621.882 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00481381

"An Appleseed Editions book."

Includes index.

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

There are screws all around us - from the cap on a drinks bottle to the taps in our kitchens. But what are screws, and how do they work? This book answers these questions and many more. With clear text and colourful illustrations, it explains what screws do and why they are so useful to us in our everyday lives.

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