Arkimedesskrue

International names:

Archimediean Screw; Archimedischen Wasserschraube; Vis d'Archimede; Cochlea Archimedis

English description:

Archimedian screw. Mounted in bowl for water

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Archimedian screw. Mounted in bowl for water. A red-painted sheet-iron tube, Dia10, is wound around a wooden cylinder, Dia60 L250, which can be rotated by a curved crank. The cylinder is mounted on slant in a decagonal sheet-metal bowl, 450x320, red inside, black outside.Ref: Sigaud la Fond Tome 1 Pl XVI fig 4.Not signed1800 app (g)

• Category: Statics
• Hauch number: B07
• Inventory number: 500
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 28

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §117
• Cabinet 1: bd.1 p 83; pl.14 fig 8

• Literature:
• Sigaud de Lafond : 1,1604
• The King George III Collection: M47
• Cataloque of Mechanical Instruments, Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze: 2,073

• Gehler(1787-96) IV, p.662