Archimedes Screw
Object Details
- Description
- Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BCE) has long been associated with the screw apparatus used to raise water from one level to another. And small models of the Archimedes screw have long been used to teach natural philosophy. This pedagogical example has a glass spiral, a tin reservoir, and a “Queen & Co. Philada.” inscription.
- Ref: James W. Queen & Co., Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Physical Instruments (Philadelphia, 1888), p. 26.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- University of Delaware
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PH.326973
- catalog number
- 326973
- accession number
- 264670
- maker
- Queen and Company
- Object Name
- archimedes screw
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 5 in x 23 in; 24.13 cm x 12.7 cm x 58.42 cm
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 23 3/4 in x 5 in; 21.59 cm x 60.325 cm x 12.7 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1761390
