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Archimedes
The following 10 comments and questions have been sent in. They are listed according to date.
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- Wants the value of pi
- How did Archimedes change the way people thought?
- Sketch of Roman water pump
- Were the inventions during or before the war?
- Archimedes most noted contributions to science
- Ancient Greece weapons
- Encyclopedia
- Invented the elevator?
- Education
- When made inventions
Wants the value of pi
Question
September 14, 2008
I got the answer that the value of pi lies between some numbers but I wanted the exact value of pi in fraction which I didn't got in your site,
Anoj - Nepal
16494
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Pi to 50 places is: 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510.
Most people only use 3.14, which is accurate enough.
How did Archimedes change the way people thought?
Question
September 28, 2006
wat would the world be without archimedes?
how did archimedes's discoveries change the way people of his time saw the world?
bhavz - Australia
12030
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Although Archimedes's inventions were clever, only the highly educated in the area knew about them. Some of them--like his water pump screw--helped people but in my opinion, they did not really change the common person's views
Sketch of Roman water pump
Question
May 27, 2006
Hi! My name is rimma tinoco. I 'd like to get drawing (sketch) of actual roman water pump. How can i do that? Thank you for your help.
rimma - USA
11205
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The following page has a sketch of a Roman water pump. It is not too good, but that is the only one I know of:
http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_pictures/roman_water_pump.htm
Were the inventions during or before the war?
Question
March 12, 2006
Were the inventions used in the Punic War invented during or before the war? What are the dates?
Katie - USA
10417
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Some feel that Archimedes "borrowed" ideas that had been used in previous wars. Others believe the inventions were made up by later story-tellers. But I am sure that some inventions were made when the need arose during the war.
Sorry, I don't have the dates.
Archimedes most noted contributions to science
Question
December 27, 2005
Hi! I was wondering if you guys had any material on Archimedes most noted contributions to science! Please e-mail me back! thanks!
-stephanie
stephanie - USA
9479
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http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/archimedes2.htm gives his scientific inventions.
Ancient Greece weapons
Question
August 19, 2005
what weapons did the soldiers use in ancient greece?
hasna - New Zealand
7829
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See: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/greeks/armour.html
Also: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Inventions.htm has a number of interesting weapons included among other inventions.
Encyclopedia
Question
October 1, 2003
I'm doing a a project on archimedes and there's a sentence in the encyclopedia that goes like this "Archimedes proved the law of lever and INVONTCA the compounfd pulley" what doe invontca mean? thank you!
Vanessa -
711
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That looks like a typing error. They probably meant "invented".
Invented the elevator?
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September 28, 2003
did archimedes really invent the elevator
riley -
689
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He invented many things using levers and puleys, but I doubt he invented the elevator as we know it, primarily because there were no motors to operate it in those days.
Education
Question
September 16, 2003
Do you know anything else about Archimedes eduation?
T -
547
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Sorry, we don't have any more information on that.
When made inventions
Question
July 28, 2003
Hey! It's a great site... but u NEED to tell me WHEN he made his inventions. WHEN he figured out pi. WHEN, WHEN,WHEN!
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23
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Does the exact date really matter? What he did, the approximate time in his life, and the impact it made are what are important.
Sorry, I don’t have the exact dates.
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