Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...

For his 2022 science project, Sener recreated the Archimedes screw, a device for raising ... would increase with each mirror added. In his experiment, Sener conducted three trials with two ...

Sener first became interested in the famous mathematician after seeing the Archimedes screw in a documentary ... attempted his own experiment with mirrors. In 1973, an engineer, Ioannis Sakkas ...