A classic example of screw pumps is the Archimedes screw pump that is still used in irrigation and agricultural applications. Although progressive cavity pumps can be referred to as a single screw ...

Travels to Egypt to study at Alexandria. Invents the Archimedes' Screw, a device used to pump water out of ships. c. 263 B.C. Returns to Syracuse. 263-216 B.C. Develops most of his major theories ...

Consider, for example, the Archimedes screw: a simple contraption, consisting of a corkscrew inside of a cylinder, which is able to pump water uphill. For millennia, it’s allowed farmers to ...