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Following Drachmann and others the authors argue that it is reasonable to assume that Archimedes invented both the infinite screw and the screw-pump. They argue that these inventions can be related to Archimedes’ interest in the problem of the quadrature of the circle. Moreover, they discuss aspects of the development of the theory of the screw-pump.
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Koetsier, T., Blauwendraat, H. (2004). The Archimedean Screw-Pump: A Note on Its Invention and the Development of the Theory. In: Ceccarelli, M. (eds) International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2204-2_15
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