Archimedes' screw
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Archimedean screw
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Archimedean spiral also called Archimedes

a spiral named after the 3rd century BC Greek mathematician Archimedes

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In geometry an Archimedean solid is a highly symmetric, semi-regular convex polyhedron composed of two or more types of regular polygons meeting in identical vertices

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There is a crater on the Moon named Archimedes (29.7° N, 4.0° W) in his honor, and a lunar mountain range, the Montes Archimedes (25.3° N, 4.6° W)

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From the 1920s, the manuscript lay unknown in the Paris apartment of a collector of manuscripts and his heirs

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In abstract algebra, the Archimedean property, named after the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse, is a property held by some groups, fields, and other algebraic structures

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Acorn Computers Ltd's first general purpose home computer based on their own 32-bit ARM RISC CPU

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Archimedean screw, or screwpump is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches

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one of several inventions and discoveries traditionally attributed to Archimedes in the 3rd century BC

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J. Muysken's writings are considered very important, and his methods are still in use
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The machine consists of a screw inside a hollow pipe
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The slope of the outside of the screw's helical blades with respect to its sides is 2
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The Turn of the Screw: Optimal Design of an Archimedes Screw, by Chris Rorres, PhD.

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Technology and Culture Volume 44, Number 1, January 2003 (PDF)
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Manual for Screw Pumps , publisher

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An Archimedes screw seen on a combine

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Plywood archimedean screw water pump , how to build a functioning Archimedes' screw pump

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Archimedes' screw

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A screw conveyor is an Archimedean screw contained within a tube and turned by a motor so as to deliver material from one end of the conveyor to the other
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Archimedes screw in Huseby south of Växjö Sweden

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Modern Archimedes' Screws which have replaced some of the Windmills used to drain the polders at Kinderdijk in Holland

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Main dimensions of a screwpump

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Archimedes' screw
also called Archimedes and has 8 more synonyms ↓
Archimedean screw
Archimedes screw
Archimedes's screw
Archimedies' Screw
Cochlias
Screw of Archimedes
Screwpump
Water screw
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one

archimedean pump screw water

Archimedean spiral also called Archimedes

The Once and Future King also called Archimedes

Archimedean solid also called Archimedes

Archimedes

Archimedes Palimpsest also called Archimedes

Archimedean property also called Archimedes

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Archimedean screw, or screwpump is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches

one of several inventions and discoveries traditionally attributed to Archimedes in the 3rd century BC

J. Muysken's writings are considered very important, and his methods are still in use

The machine consists of a screw inside a hollow pipe

The slope of the outside of the screw's helical blades with respect to its sides is 2

The Turn of the Screw: Optimal Design of an Archimedes Screw, by Chris Rorres, PhD.

Technology and Culture Volume 44, Number 1, January 2003 (PDF)

Manual for Screw Pumps , publisher

An Archimedes screw seen on a combine

Plywood archimedean screw water pump , how to build a functioning Archimedes' screw pump