a.; also -ian. [f. L. Archimēdē-us (f. next) + -AN.] Of, pertaining to, or invented by Archimedes.
Archimedean Screw or Archimedes’ Screw: an instrument for raising water, formed by winding a tube into the form of a screw around a long cylinder.
1813. G. Edwards, Meas. True Policy, 29. An archimedean lever and fulcrum, able to sway … the World.
1818. Spooner’s Vermont Jrnl., 30 March, 4/1.
| With Archimedean skill applied, | |
| With levers plac’d on either side. |
1829. U. K. S., Nat. Philos., I. ii. 8. The principle of the Archimedian Screw is occasionally adopted in the wheel-form.
