Archimedes pump - prehistoric proof-of-concept

[2011-08-27]
Archimedes screw pump was inventable in remote prehistory.

The shell of some marine gastropods makes a perfect screw pump.
This experiment proves that a mere shell of Oxymeris maculata - specially if its tip is (naturally or not) broken - constitute a proof of concept of the screw pump.

The experiment lets also think that the Archimedean screw could have been invented in the most remote prehistory,

Remains to be proven : a functional screw pump is feasible with australopithecus technology :-) [[ok, australopithecus didn't need screw pumps]]

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[MrCammo789]

awesome im doing archimedes for school and thid helped thx ( but what is the brown substance you pored out the kettle, tea?)

thx

[freejutube]

@MrCammo789

I used a small quantity of coffee :-) because water was almost "invisible".

I was surprised to see that it worked even when the surface of the liquid was very low (far from submerging the "mouth" of the pump).

[steintanz]

Cool!

[freejutube]

@steintanz

thanks

[gotrocksinhead]

I like how your mind works!....

[Specksworld]

We like it !-)

[ManTheBush]

Very clever.

[wanderinggibbon]

Brilliant.