[…] at the Jefferson Memorial or the Statue of Liberty, amid the noisy presence and restless shoulderings of other tourists.

Leadscrews are commonly used in vices, presses, and jacks.

What Skull has will kill you. You keep dealing with Skull, and the meatwagon will pick you up out in the alley one night.

We must remember, as von Dechend warns, that when we are dealing with seemingly absurd mythological narratives, we should not be patronizing, but we should realize that we are dealing with the technical language of an elite caste of astronomer-priests.