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unusual facts about screws


Tyson House

McBryde-Screws-Tyson House, Montgomery, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Montgomery County


1MC

Divers Over the Side - "There are divers over the side, do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, operate sonar, take suction from or discharge to the sea, blow flood or vent any tanks, or operate any underwater equipment without first contacting the Chief Engineer and the diving supervisor." (Passed every fifteen minutes)

Bedford Dormobile

The novelist Anthony Burgess, who owned one and used it as a home and means of travelling throughout Western Europe in the late 1960s, described the Bedford Dormobile as "a miracle of British design, although much let down by slipshod British execution — screws missing, bad wood-planing..."

Homer Screws

This brought him to the attention of Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa which Screws in 1993 as head coach of its men’s soccer team.

India at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Shiva Keshavan received 450,000 rupees from five Indian lawyers to purchase a new luge for competition after his previous luge - held together by duct tape and screws - broke during training in November.

Japanese cruiser Nisshin

She was powered by two vertical triple expansion steam engines made by Ansaldo, with eight cylindrical boilers, driving two screws.

Oklahoma City Assembly

University of Oklahoma football all-American Brian Bosworth recalled that co-workers on his 1985 summer job in the plant taught him how to hang screws, nuts and objects inside car bodies.

Screw sloop

In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws (propellers).

Seagate SeaShield

The other half is mounted on the bottom side of hard drive, and is fastened with a metal hook to the electronics board with two Torx screws.

Strudyna

Project Title: Male Elephant Building Location: Sydney, Australia Owner: Taronga Zoo Architect: Jackson Teece Year of construction: 2009 Taronga Zoo features Structural Dynamic’s ‘Strudyna’ 16.0mm 1 X 19 stainless wire strand together with AM swage toggles and PBI rigging screws.

Zeca Schall

In 1988, Fonseca arrived in Germany as a contract worker for Hildburghausen and trained in VEB Screws and Standard Parts Factory as a lathe operator.


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