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Archimedes Screw
Bruce Started conversation Dec 6, 2000
Whilst Archimedes may have invented 'Archimedes Screw' in 3BC there is conjecture that a screw lift was used in the irrigation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the 5th or 6th century BC 
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my mother was right ~ there's nothing new in the world 
Archimedes Screw
J'au-æmne Posted Dec 6, 2000
lol I guess Archimedes did well having it named after himself, then...
Archimedes Screw
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Dec 20, 2000
Pythagorus (all hail the second biggest egotist in mathematics!) did the same with all his student's work (excepting the irrationals of course)
Archimedes Screw
Researcher 170889 Posted Jun 11, 2001
Wow, I saw this entry under Hypatia and eagerly clicked on it thinking I was going to get a tabloid tittillation of hi-hinks amongst the intelligentsia of yore. Rats! foiled again. (Although the tale of Hypatia's Christian finish was nearly as enjoyable...
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