Among some of Archimedes' other achievements, is the Archimedes Screw pump. The Archimedes Screw was originally developed to remove bilge water from the inside of the hull of the Syracusia. The mechanics of the pump were a screw shaped blade inside a cylinder that could be turned by hand, this action would bring water from one side of the device and pump it out of the other side. ... The Hyperion Wastewater Treatment plant in Los Angeles, CA utilizes ten Archimedes Screw pumps to raise sewage to a high level that allows gravity to drop the waste through filters before the treated water is...

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While studying in Egypt, he also invented the Archimedes" screw. This is a pump that, when turned, carries water from a lower level to an upper level (Archimedes of Syracuse. ... There turned out to be more water displaced than there should have been, which means the crown contained another substance, possibly silver (10.2. ...

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