Water Screw (Archimedes Screw)
Device for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches.
Core metadata
- ID: water_screw_archimedes
- Era: Classical
- First known date: -250 (century)
- Region: Hellenistic Mediterranean / Egypt and Syracuse tradition
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Bronze Working (bronze_working)
- Geometry (geometry)
- Hydraulics (hydraulics)
- Classical Simple Machines and Hoisting Aids (levers_pulleys_ramps)
- Basic Woodworking (woodworking_basic)
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Archimedes (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 5
- Average edge confidence: 69%
- Prerequisite sources: 5
- expert_inference: 5
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
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| Hydraulics (hydraulics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Hydraulics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Basic Woodworking (woodworking_basic) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Woodworking is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Bronze Working (bronze_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Bronze Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Geometry (geometry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Geometry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Classical Simple Machines and Hoisting Aids (levers_pulleys_ramps) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Levers, Pulleys, and Ramps provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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