De Marssumermolen, Marssum 57 cogs. This drives the "wallower" (31 cogs) at the top of the "upright shaft". At the bottom of the "upright shaft" there are two "crown wheels"' The upper "crown wheel", which has 17 cogs drives an Archimedes' screw. The axle of the Archimedes' screw is diameter and long. This screw is used to pump water into the polder. The lower "crown wheel", which has 43 cogs, drives a gearwheel with 38 cogs on the axle of an Archimedes' screw, which is used to drain the polder. The axle of the screw is diameter and long. The screw is diameter.
Archimedes as Phidias, an astronomer about whom nothing else is known. Plutarch wrote in his "Parallel Lives" that Archimedes was related to King Hiero II, the ruler of Syracuse. A biography of Archimedes was written by his friend Heracleides but this work has been lost, leaving the details of his life obscure. It is unknown, for instance, whether he ever married or had children. During his youth, Archimedes may have studied in Alexandria, Egypt, where Conon of Samos and Eratosthenes of Cyrene were contemporaries. He referred to Conon of Samos as his friend, while two of his works ("The Method of