GK
INVENTIONS
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Alexander
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Franklin
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Archimedes
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Magellan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise in a watertight covering.
Detailed explanation-2: -This ship proved to be leaky, and Archimedes had to invent a device to remove water from it. So he designed what we now call the Archimedes screw. It was very effective because it got rid of the water and only required one person to operate it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The story goes that King Hiero had Archimedes invent a tool that could remove water from the hull of a ship, which led Archimedes to create the screw pump. Another theory posits that Archimedes travelled from Greece to Egypt in around 234 BC, where he discovered the technology that was already in use there.