Archimedes Screw.

The ability to draw water uphill, against the flow of gravity revolutionised irrigation and the supply of water. Designed in 213 BCE, the Archimedes screw is still used in irrigation today.

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10 Reasons Why Engineers Make Good Husbands

People love to stereotype and over the years I have suffered the derision that all engineers receive. Everybody hears the usual put downs about how engineers are geeky, no personality, pathologically shy and awkward, only interested in technical things, etc. etc.  Read more... (718 words, estimated 2:52 mins reading time)