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Eureka! How Archimedes and his 2,000-year-old invention will help provide green energy
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How Archimedes and his 2,000-year-old invention will help provide green energy<BR /></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><P> By <A class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Chris+Brooke" linkindex="30">Chris Brooke</A><BR /> Last updated at 9:14 PM on 30th October 2008</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/C4DD6F61-EBAC-4F9B-87C6-CA05813A97A5" alt="archimedes graphic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><P>A device invented more than 2,000 years ago by Archimedes has found a 21st century use - generating 'green' electricity. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><P>A crumbling 99-year-old hydroelectric plant in the Yorkshire Dales will come out of retirement thanks to the Ancient Greek's genius. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><P>Key to the English Heritage project is the adaptation of Archimedean screws to operate turbines. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html"><P>The screw was designed to carry water upwards as it rotates, but the project at the Linton Falls plant has reversed this principle. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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