Archimedes During The Siege Of Syracuse
Archimedes
The genius who changed our way of thinking forever. Thesis Statement
Archimedes was a genius because of his discoveries in the scientific world, including the lever and the idea that items displace their weight in water.
● One of Archimedes’s great achievements was the water screw (background) which is an ingenious way of getting water from a “low-lying body of water into irrigation systems”. ● During the siege of Syracuse by the Romans, Archimedes developed a type of large claw or beak that extended from a crane of sorts, grabbed onto enemy boat and either capsized it or threw it unexpectedly back down.
● Among the greatest of Archimedes’s famous war machines was the Architonnerre which is a giant steam-powered cannon. …show more content…
● Archimedes invented “the Beast Number”,
(10 to the power of 8 all to the power of 10 to the power of 8) to the power of 10 to the power of 8. All because of his irritability at
“people saying it’s impossible to calculate the grains of sand on a beach.”
"Archimedes." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 1 Jul. 2014. Web.
2/25/2018
(-- removed HTML --) .
(for quotes at bottom)
Timeline
●Archimedes was born
287 B.C
Archimedes Life
287 BC - 212 BC Inventions of Archimedes Screw, Death Ray, hydrostatics, and the Archimedes Claw
●
Archimedes traveled to Alexandria to study
269 B.C
●
returns to Syracuse
263 B.C
Inventions: Archimedes Claw, screw, and water buoyancy theories
262 BC - 215 B.C Actual start date is unknown.
●
King Hiero's Death
216 B.C
●
King Hiero's Successor's Death
215 B.C
●
Roman's siege of Syracuse
212 B.C.
●
Archimedes death, killed by a soldier who was sent to get Archimedes out alive.
212 B.C.
Timeline (continued)
Comparison
● Was a mathematician ● Died in
The genius who changed our way of thinking forever. Thesis Statement
Archimedes was a genius because of his discoveries in the scientific world, including the lever and the idea that items displace their weight in water.
● One of Archimedes’s great achievements was the water screw (background) which is an ingenious way of getting water from a “low-lying body of water into irrigation systems”. ● During the siege of Syracuse by the Romans, Archimedes developed a type of large claw or beak that extended from a crane of sorts, grabbed onto enemy boat and either capsized it or threw it unexpectedly back down.
● Among the greatest of Archimedes’s famous war machines was the Architonnerre which is a giant steam-powered cannon. …show more content…
● Archimedes invented “the Beast Number”,
(10 to the power of 8 all to the power of 10 to the power of 8) to the power of 10 to the power of 8. All because of his irritability at
“people saying it’s impossible to calculate the grains of sand on a beach.”
"Archimedes." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 1 Jul. 2014. Web.
2/25/2018
(-- removed HTML --) .
(for quotes at bottom)
Timeline
●Archimedes was born
287 B.C
Archimedes Life
287 BC - 212 BC Inventions of Archimedes Screw, Death Ray, hydrostatics, and the Archimedes Claw
●
Archimedes traveled to Alexandria to study
269 B.C
●
returns to Syracuse
263 B.C
Inventions: Archimedes Claw, screw, and water buoyancy theories
262 BC - 215 B.C Actual start date is unknown.
●
King Hiero's Death
216 B.C
●
King Hiero's Successor's Death
215 B.C
●
Roman's siege of Syracuse
212 B.C.
●
Archimedes death, killed by a soldier who was sent to get Archimedes out alive.
212 B.C.
Timeline (continued)
Comparison
● Was a mathematician ● Died in