Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Jackscrew

JACKSCREW, a lifting implement which acts by the rotation of a screw in a threaded socket.

Source: “Jackscrew,” Collier's New Encyclopedia, V (New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1921), p. 220.

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