Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The water screw, still saving lives of people in rural areas without access to clean water, was invented by which ancient genius inventor?

  1. Archimedes

  2. Ts'ai Lun

  3. Ibn al-Haitham

  4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Explanation

Archimedes invented the water screw, also known as the Archimedes' screw, around 250 BCE. This device is still used today in rural areas for lifting water. Ts'ai Lun invented paper, Ibn al-Haitham made contributions to optics, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a novelist, not an inventor.

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