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Cut a long right triangle out of paper ... The Acme profile is also found in the lead screws of most metal lathes because it works well with split nuts. Split nuts are just what they sound ...

In 1770, Englishman Jesse Ramsden invented the first workable screw-cutting lathe which he used to create micrometers and other scientific instruments. He was also a mathematician and you may know ...