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A worm is a device used to remove unspent powder bag remnants from a cannon or other piece of muzzle-loading field artillery. [1] It usually took the form of a double or triple [ 2 ] corkscrew-shaped piece of iron on the end of a long pole that could be twisted down the barrel to pick up any debris left over from the previous firing of the ...
A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a handle, which the user screws into the cork and pulls to extract it. Corkscrews are necessary because corks ...
Henshall was awarded on 24 August 1795 the first patent for a corkscrew. It had a fixed disc or button between the worm and the shank, so that the worm would not advance further when the button reached the top of the bottle. [2] [3] [4] It is known as the Henshall Button Corkscrew, and was manufactured by Matthew Boulton. [5]
Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, or simply screwworm or screw-worm, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
Miles Teller is opening up about just how much work it is for him to achieve his rock-hard Top Gun abs.. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Top Gun ...
The Italian gun positions were reduced to 47 per cent effectiveness by the intense ten-day air bombardment. Out of 112 guns bombed, 2 had suffered from direct hits, 17 were near misses and 34 were damaged by debris and splinters (10 beyond repair). All control communications were destroyed, along with many gun emplacements and ammunition stores ...
Leah Herod, a mom of three, received an official autism diagnosis for her son, Kai . After telling her best friend, Gillian, about the diagnosis, she found flowers on her doorstep
Introduced in the late 1800s, this invention combined the corkscrew and mechanical advantage in one device. In most examples the worm was attached to a stem, with a crank, inserted through a frame with a lever. In most examples the worm was cranked into the cork, and then a lever was pressed or pulled to extract the cork.