Many of us have heard the name Archimedes ... screw conveyor. These folks (sadly, the videographer at [Breeze Media] doesn’t tell us their names, or the company name) has the process of ...

Travels to Egypt to study at Alexandria. Invents the Archimedes' Screw, a device used to pump water out of ships. c. 263 B.C. Returns to Syracuse. 263-216 B.C. Develops most of his major theories ...

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 ...