The Archimedes screw was soon also used to transport water from low-lying areas up to irrigation ditches. The design is so effective that it is still being used today.

Archimedes’ Screw is a way to draw up water for drinking or irrigating fields. So the zombiepocalypse has passed. You now live in a world full of technology that there is no longer ...

Archimedes of Syracuse is known for inventing a device that efficiently raised water for irrigation. Dr. Stephanie Dalley translated a cuneiform text from of the Assyrian king Sennacherib which ...

A three-bladed Archimedes screw. Courtesy of Chris Rorres. I was reminded of that statement when my son Kenneth and I recently visited a bookstore and happened to hear the children’s storyteller ...

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.

Archimedes' Screw, Egypt, 250 BCE. by Elaine Totman, AC, and Liz Tuohy-Sheen, '97 object on temporary loan . Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes ...

Prototype created. 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.

Archimedes' Screw, Egypt, 250 BCE. by Elaine Totman, AC, and Liz Tuohy-Sheen, '97 object on temporary loan . Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes ...