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Archimedes' Screw (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the Archimedes' screw, consulted for the earliest mention of the water screw between 250 and 220 BC and for the 1991 patent filed for the Archimedes screw turbine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.

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Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
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Archimedes' Screw (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Inventions, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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7

Scholarly debate

1

General References

4
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