Archimedes

by John Timbs

Overview

The ancients attribute to Archimedes more than forty mechanical inventions—among which are the endless screw; the combination of pulleys; an hydraulic organ, according to Tertullian; a machine called the helix, or screw, for launching ships; and a machine called loculus, which appears to have consisted of forty pieces, by the putting together of which various objects could be framed, and which were used by boys as a sort of artificial memory.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149469635
Publisher:	Shamrock Eden Publishing
Publication date:	05/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	181 KB