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Archimedes screw
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English
Noun
Archimedes screw (also Archimedean screw)
- A screwlike device invented by Greek mathmatician Archimedes, c200 BCE, which when twisted inside a cylinder, raised water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
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10-26-2009 07:45:12
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