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screw of Archimedes
screw of Archimedes n. now rare a device used for raising fluid or loose material, operating by means of the rotation of a helical ridge or blade (typically within a closely fitting duct).
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1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks II. iii. xx. 277 The fourth Machine was the Vice or Screw of Archimedes, with which, it was said, he drain'd off the Floods of the Nile.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. 328 A single pipe wound spirally round a cylinder which revolves on an axis in an oblique situation, has been denominated the screw of Archimedes.
1926 Rotarian July 62/2 The screw of Archimedes was nothing more than the application of a principle.
1971 Math. in School 1 14/2 The Screw of Archimedes is a sort of pump: it lifts water on a screw thread, and is used by farmers even to this day.
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