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