Archimedes Screw
Archimedes Screw
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- Description
- Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BCE) has long been associated with the screw apparatus used to raise water from one level to another. Small models of the Archimedes screw have long been used to teach natural philosophy. This example has a glass spiral, and a metal box
- Ref: J. Salleron, Notice sur les Instruments de Precision (Paris, 1864), p. 402.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Archimedes screw
- Measurements
- overall: 15 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 15.875 cm x 31.75 cm
- overall: 15 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in; 39.0525 cm x 16.51 cm x 57.15 cm
- ID Number
- PH.323385
- catalog number
- 323385
- accession number
- 251562
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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