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Give Me Three
By Silvie Steinie
What's happening my Roman fellows?! For this week's top three Roman
phenomenon, we will discuss inventions, so get excited!
1) The first coolest invention is the screw pump. This is the draining system
that brings water into the cities. Billy
A. Silly invented it, and told the Give
Me Three staff, "I used There’s a lot of
math and engineering to build this
bad boy!” The pump is like a spiraled
tube, and is used to transport water
from a water source to another area
(like from a river to a canal).
Billy’s sketch of the screw pump
Billy’s layout for the screw pump
is shown above. I overheard Billy
telling The Roman Scoop of Caesar
Salad
staff that this device is very similar to gears, screws, pulleys and levers, which leads
us to our next astonishing invention!
2.) The pulley is another great invention which is attached to a trade wheel.
This is like the super human of technology because has the ability to lift up heavy
objects that we could not possibly lift with just the hum a n arm. The idea came
about from the water pump. In fact, Lilyana Cariana, who invented this amazing
machine, got the idea to build the pulley system from watching Billy's engineering
skills at her own house! "My brother's best friend, Billy, had come over and was
showing us this cool water screw he had made. It made the light bulb go off! I could
build something too!" says Lilyana.
The screw pump also inspired
Lilyana’s pulley system
other inventions which brought water to
Rome.
3.) The third spectacular invention is the Water
Raising Wheel. This invention was used in river systems.
When the water flows through the channel, it makes its
way the bottom of the wheel. There are little bucket-like
cups on the side of the wheel, and the water rises to the
next cup when each cup dips into the river. Once it gets
to the top, you can get your water, or else the cycle will
just continue. Innovative Roman native, Techo Mecko
Techo Mecko’s water raising wheel
told us that the water wheel is kept at a vertical angle and has blades that allow the
wheel to rotate in order to work properly. "Without my invention, I don't know
what we would do! We would die of thirst!” Actually, someone else would have
invented it, Techo. Just like how Waterious Wally developed the water wheel into a
horizontal water wheel. This just happened recently, so we were not able to
interview Wally yet. All we know is that this water wheel had the ability to pour
back and forth.
An inspector, Henry Hodgins came to observe all three of these glorious
establishments. This is what he told The Roman Scoop of Caesar Salad," Such a
variety of structures, carrying water from so many places. Compare this, please with
the pointless pyramid or useless (though decorative) constructions of the Greeks!
The water commissions are to take great care!" Totally agree!
Keep a look out for all these tremendous inventions! They just might help
you in the near future! They might help you discover three spectacular phenomenon
that we will write about in our next release of "Give Me Three". Be on the lookout!
Source: Technology in the Ancient World by Henry Hodgins