Archimedes' screw
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Noun
Archimedes' screw (plural Archimedes' screws)
- A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 BCE, which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
Translations
A screwlike device that raises water
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