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A 13-Year-Old Built Archimedes’ Mythical Death Ray—and It May Actually Work
His first project featured the Archimedes screw that helped move water, but moving water doesn’t have the same intrigue as moving the Sun’s energy. “Archimedes was so ahead of his time with ...
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Small Hydropower Plant With Archimedes Screw Turbine (IMAGE)
PNNL is helping Percheron evaluate using composite instead of steel to make screw-shaped turbines called Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw turbines, which enable hydropower generation in small waterways.
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Group's bid to use water to power nearby firms
Darley Abbey Community Energy (DACE) is trying to secure funds for an Archimedes screw - a type of turbine ... first powered by water wheels and the project would "bring it full circle".
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Archimedes' Screw, Egypt, 250 BCE
Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...
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Who Was Archimedes?
The most famous of these were the Archimedes' Screw (a device for raising water that is still used in crop irrigation and sewage treatment plants today) and Archimedes' principle of buoyancy.