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. And small models of the Archimedes screw have long been used to teach natural philosophy. This example has a glass spiral, and a metal box with one glass side. The “Max Kohl, Chemnitz” inscription refers to an important German manufacturer of scientific apparatus.
label: Description
content: Ref: Max Kohl, </>Physical Apparatus</i> (Chemnitz, 1909), p. 357.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323384
label: catalog number
content: 323384
label: accession number
content: 251562
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Archimedes screw
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x 13.7 cm x 11.5 cm; 12 in x 5 13/32 in x 4 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 7/8 in x 13 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 34.925 cm x 15.5575 cm