Archimedes Screw
notes: label: Description
content: Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BCE) has long been associated with the screw apparatus used to raise water from one level to another. Small models of the Archimedes screw have long been used to teach natural philosophy. This example has a glass spiral, and a metal box
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Salleron, <i>Notice sur les Instruments de Precision</i> (Paris, 1864), p. 402.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: University of Virginia
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323385
label: catalog number
content: 323385
label: accession number
content: 251562
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Archimedes screw
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 15.875 cm x 31.75 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in; 39.0525 cm x 16.51 cm x 57.15 cm