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DescriptionScrew demonstrator.png
English: Drawing of a simple machine to demonstrate the action of a screw, from a 1912 scientific instrument catalog. It consists of a threaded shaft, threaded through a stationary mount. As the crank on the left is turned, the shaft moves axially through the hole.
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