The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

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 ...

Many of us have heard the name Archimedes’ screw — but not everyone knows the term screw conveyor. These folks (sadly, the videographer at [Breeze Media] doesn’t tell us their names ...

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IN March 1839, the historic little screw-driven vessel S.S. Archimedes began her trials in the River Thames. A month or two later she visited Portsmouth, and afterwards made voyages around the ...

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.

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.