This New Water Wheel Pump Does Not Require Any Electricity to Pump Water (wonderfulengineering.com) 5 points by kschua 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] hacker234 10y ago ↗ This new water wheel pump "was was first created back in 1746".It's called the Archimedes Screw and is hundreds of years old. Is very common in third world countries even today.https://www.google.com.au/search?q=spiral+water+pump&tbm=isc...
[–] joshontheweb 10y ago ↗ The hydraulic ram / water hammer pump seems like a more elegant solution to me. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_ram
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 14.8 ms ] threadIt's called the Archimedes Screw and is hundreds of years old. Is very common in third world countries even today.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=spiral+water+pump&tbm=isc...