Her er hvad jeg umidedelbart kunne finde på emnet...: In antiquity, the screw was first used as part of the screw pump of Sennacherib, King of Assyria, for the water systems at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Nineveh in the 7th century BC.
The screw was later described by the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum (428 – 350 BC). By the 1st century BC, wooden screws were commonly used throughout the Mediterranean world in devices such as oil and wine presses. Metal screws used as fasteners did not appear in Europe until the 1400s..... her er linket til info'en:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw Som sædvanlig er de meget længere fremme i skoene syd for grænsen ;)
Importeret knop til kommode, fra førromersk jernalder
. Pjat, Det var da overraskende, at den teoretisk kunne være fra middelalderen. Godt spørgsmål og godt svar. :-D
Tak Jesper. Mente også i Danmark - ved godt de var tidlige på den dernede.