Joe Hall Patton
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Robertson, Phillips, and the History of the Screwdriver
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16:25Now PlayingMost everyone owns at least one screwdriver. But Canadians likely own a screwdriver that few outside Canada would recognize. The differing fates of the Robertson and the Phillips head screwdrivers demonstrates that innovation is intimately tied to historical events. The History Guy remembers the forgotten history of the screwdriver.
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