Archimedes Screw New and Old

Archimedes Screw New and Old

Introduction

Many years ago, in ancient Greek times, there was a man named Archimedes. Archimedes was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. Although not much is known about him, we do know that he was one of the leading scientists in the ancient Greek era. One of his most well known inventions is the Archimedes Screw, and it is still used to this day. Archimedes’ Screw was first built around 300 BCE. It was first used when King Heron II wanted Archimedes to build a big naval ship. They knew that there was going to be a lot of leakage in the hull of the ship, so he built Archimedes’ Screw, which was used to pump water out of the hull and back out to sea.

A more modern version of Archimedes’ Screw is the Archimedes Screw Pump. The Archimedes Screw Pump is almost identical to the original Archimedes Screw. The only two major differences are that the modern version is made of metal and is moved by the flow of water instead of a man turning a lever to make it spin. Compared to the ancient one was rotated by manpower, and moved water from low ground to high ground.

To help viewers better understand the ancient and modern versions of Archimedes’ Screw, we are going to create a website describing each one. For each one we are going to be explaining the physics and how they work. We are going to create this website using Weebly. This website will be very user-friendly and easy to navigate. We will have diagrams so people can easily understand the topic they’re reading about. This is our idea for the exhibition: We will have a miniature version of Archimedes’ Screw that can be turned by using a handle. It will be able to move water up to demonstrate the workings of an ancient Archimedes Screw and the modern version (The Archimedes Screw Turbine). We will have the miniature Archimedes Screw on the table and next to it we will have a computer which will display the website. Behind it we will have a...