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The 11 pages that link to Archimedes' screw, each with the reason it gives.

• ArchimedesBroader topic: This machine exemplifies the practical engineering associated with Archimedes.

• Archimedes' principleRelated: It is a practical invention associated with Archimedes, though it does not rely on buoyancy.

• SiphonCompared with: It raises water mechanically rather than carrying it over a crest through a continuous liquid column.

• Ancient Greek technologyBroader topic: It exemplifies Greek engineering applied to irrigation and drainage.

• Hanging Gardens of BabylonRelated: It is one proposed mechanism for moving water to the garden’s upper levels.

• Ancient technologyBroader topic: It illustrates a practical mechanism for moving water with continuous rotation.

• Hiero II of SyracuseRelated: Tradition connects Archimedes’ inventions with the prosperous Syracusan court Hiero maintained.

• Renaissance technologyRelated: The ancient pump remained useful for irrigation and mine drainage in Renaissance engineering.

• Science in classical antiquityBroader topic: It illustrates how mathematical reasoning and mechanical craft could meet in practical devices.

• Screw mechanismBroader topic: It uses a rotating helix to move material axially, rather than advancing a mating nut.

• ShadoofCompared with: It lifts water by rotation rather than by a counterweighted lever and bucket.