Mechanical Pumps

Devices for lifting and moving water from wells, mines, fields, and construction works using pistons, screws, wheels, or reciprocating mechanisms.

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Prerequisite Type Confidence Evidence level Note Sources
Water Screw (Archimedes Screw) (water_screw_archimedes) enabling 68% expert_inference Water Screw (Archimedes Screw) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.
  • Pump (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
  • Archimedes Screw (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge
Watermills (watermills) enabling 68% expert_inference Watermills provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.
  • Waterwheel (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge

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