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17 October 2003
An Emergency Corkscrew
Adapted from A Thousand and One Formulas 1920 by Sidney Gernsback.
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A Cork Screw in a Jiffy--Simply a Nail and a Screw Eye Do the Trick. Click image to enlarge. |
Recently
I had occasion to open a bottle and, not having a cork extractor, very
simply accomplished my purpose by using an ordinary screw eye in combination
with a nail, as shown in the drawing. The use of the latter provided a
better means both for turning the screw and pulling the cork out.
