Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/11

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Subject: Re: Screw vs. Thread
From: "Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:14:13 -0700
 
On 12 Jun 97,  Robert Sharp wrote:

> "Schraube" is indeed the German term. I appeal to you
> etymologically: isn't it an obvious cognate with the English
> "screw"?

Believe so. Anybody have an Oxford Dict. Of The English Language at 
hand?
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Roger Beamon  
       Naturalist & Photographer
       Leica Historical Society Of America
       mailto:beamon@primenet.com
          Thought for the day:
    For every action, there is
    an equal and opposite criticism.