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Some of the concepts and contraptions featured in the exhibit include Archimedes’ Ballista, the Claw of Archimedes, Archimedes’ Heat Ray and the Archimedes’ Screw.

Consider, for example, the Archimedes screw: a simple contraption, consisting of a corkscrew inside of a cylinder, which is able to pump water uphill.

Invented around 234 BC, the Archimedes screw is one of the earliest known hydraulic machines. It is named after the Greek mathematician who first described its workings.