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What is the Archimedes screw used for today?
The Archimedes screw is used for irrigating crops and liftin water from mines and ship bilges.
What is the Archimedes's screw?
An Archimedes' screw is a screw which, when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
Who invented Archimedes' screw?
Archimedes invented Archimedes' screw.
What is an Archimedes screw used for?
an irrigation pump. The Archimedean or Archimedes Screw is a large spiral screw revolving inside a hollow, tight fitting cylinder. It was traditionally hand operated or wind operated by a windmill, and used to raise water efficiently by transferring water from low lying bodies of water into irrigation ditches.
How did the Archimedes screw help the Eygptians?
Archimedes' Screw was one of the earliest kinds of pump, used by the Egyptians to lift water for irrigation of crops.
What are the simple machines with in the Archimedes screw?
An Archimedes' screw is a screw which, when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
How did ancient Egyptians get water out of the nile?
They used the Archimedes Screw
Who is the greek inventor of the water screw and pulley system?
Archimedes.
What was Archimedes' major contribution to the world of water pumps?
That would be "Archimedes' screw". See link provided:
Why was the Archimedes water screw invented?
Somebody needed to move some water.
What is the screw?
An Archimedes' screw is a screw which, when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
When was the Archimedes screw invented?
The Archimedes screw was invented in 250 B.C.
