# Philips screwdriver question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-screwdriver-question/131754>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-screwdriver-question/131754 "2002-10-11T01:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-screwdriver-question/131754/1 "2002-10-11T01:42:00Z")

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Who was Philips and when did he develop this type of screwdriver?

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**Author:** ![Motog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Motog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motog)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-screwdriver-question/131754/2 "2002-10-11T01:47:11Z")

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Oh dear, over 400 posts and you forgot to search [Cecil’s columns](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_290b.html)

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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-screwdriver-question/131754/3 "2002-10-11T02:18:38Z")

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