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Archimedes
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Technology & AIWho is Archimedes in the Agency editorial?
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse, in Sicily, who lived in the third century BCE. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, names him only inside the name of a device: it says Archimedes' screws drained water from mines and lifted it into fields.
In short
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse, in Sicily, who lived in the third century BCE. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, and only inside the name of a device. In the section 27.5 Technology, a paragraph that opens with the words Pumps and Screws Moved Water says that force pumps fought fires and that Archimedes' screws drained water from mines and lifted it into fields. The edition says nothing about Archimedes himself.
Key facts
- Who was Archimedes?
- An ancient Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse, in Sicily, who lived in the third century BCE. A water-lifting screw carries his name.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Archimedes?
- Only in Issue.27, once, in the section 27.5 Technology, inside the expression Archimedes' screws.
- What does Issue.27 say about the screws?
- That in the Roman Empire Archimedes' screws drained water from mines and lifted it into fields, while force pumps fought fires.
Who was Archimedes?
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and inventor of Antiquity. He lived in Syracuse, in Sicily, in the third century BCE. The screw used to raise water that carries his name is traditionally attributed to him. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Archimedes appear in Issue.27?
Issue.27 names him once, in the section 27.5 Technology, under the question of what did the work besides muscle. The paragraph says that force pumps fought fires and that Archimedes' screws drained water from mines and lifted it into fields, and adds that Rome had a steam toy, not a steam engine. The name occurs only as part of the name of the device; the edition does not speak of the man.
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