Screwdriver is invention that go back to Late Middle Ages. Invention first came from Germany or France.
First mention is from german book Hausbuch von Schloss Wolfegg (Hausbook of castle Wolfegg) from 1480.. Book is about usefull arts for nobleman at that time.
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In Germany screwdriver was called schraubendreher and in France is called tournevis.
First screwdriver was only of one type and it is used for securing breastplate and frogmouth helmets (tournament helmet) and first shotguns (so called matchlock).
About all that write Witold Rybczynski in his book One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriwer and the Screw.
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