Crossword-Solution: ARCHIMEDES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Archimedes | n. | An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “ARCHIMEDES”
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| Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry | 1 answer |
| Pioneer in physics, c. 250 B.C. | 1 answer |
| Pioneer in hydrostatics | 1 answer |
| Physicist who shouted "Eureka!" | 1 answer |
| Man with a screwy invention | 1 answer |
| Man of principles | 1 answer |
| He shouted "Eureka!" | 1 answer |
| Greek war god chimed in | 1 answer |
| Greek polymath who was *thiiis close* to discovering calculus | 1 answer |
| Greek discoverer of specific gravity. | 1 answer |
| Geometer from Syracuse | 1 answer |
| Early calculator of pi | 1 answer |
| Discoverer of the principle of the lever. | 1 answer |
| "Eureka" shouter | 1 answer |
| "Eureka" exclaimer | 1 answer |
| GREEK mathematician | 4 answers |
| scientist | 61 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ARCHIMEDES (5)
Other computers --------------- There are so many types of computers: Atari computers, the TRS-80 series and others from Tandy, DEC computers, mainframes from IBM, Hewlett-Packard computers, CP/M machines, users of LDOS/TRSDOS or OS9, Apricot, Z88, Timex/Sinclair, Archimedes, Psion, and Armstrad.
The writer of it, on reading in India this story of Omar's Grave, was reminded, he says, of Cicero's Account of finding Archimedes' Tomb at Syracuse, buried in grass and weeds.
Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
Even Perkins's steam-gun was an old invention revived by Leonardo da Vinci and by him attributed to Archimedes.[8] The Congreve rocket is said to have an Eastern origin, Sir William Congreve having observed its destructive effects when employed by the forces under Tippoo Saib in the Mahratta war, on which he adopted and improved the missile, and brought out the invention as his own.
But in the name of Archimedes, how?" He advanced to the doorway and examined the block of granite curiously, but there was no clue to its weight or thickness from the inside.
Quotes with ARCHIMEDES (3)
Eureka!" s like the one Archimedes had when he stepped in a bathtub and suddenly realized the answer to the problem of testing metals' density are few and far between, and mostly it's just trying and failing and trying something else, feeding in data and eliminating variables and staring at the results, trying to figure out where you went wrong.
The development of the telescope marks, indeed, a new phase in human thought, a new vision of life. It is an extraordinary thing that the Greeks, with their lively and penetrating minds, never realized the possibilities of either microscope or telescope. They made no use of the lens. Yet they lived in a world in which glass had been known and had been made beautiful for hundreds of years; they had about them glass flasks and bottles, through which they must have caught glimps…
Reading list (1972 edition)[edit]1. Homer — Iliad, Odyssey2. The Old Testament3. Aeschylus — Tragedies4. Sophocles — Tragedies5. Herodotus — Histories6. Euripides — Tragedies7. Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War8. Hippocrates — Medical Writings9. Aristophanes — Comedies10. Plato — Dialogues11. Aristotle — Works12. Epicurus — Letter to Herodotus; Letter to Menoecus13. Euclid — Elements14. Archimedes — Works15. Apollonius of Perga — Conic Sections16. Cicero — Works17…
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Appears in: NY Sun, NYT, Slate, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1954–2024).