Archimedes Research Paper

Archimedes had so many different discoveries and triumphs and inventions under his belt, but he considered his other theoretical achievements his greatest triumph. With his inventions in geometry and mathematics, he is also known for the odd weapons he created for the King to help protect Syracuse like the "Death ray" and "Archimedes claw". He is credited also with inventions and discoveries in the field of physics such as hydrostatics, and calculus. In mechanics he had defined the principle of the lever and made the compound pulley and the hydraulic screw for raising water from a lower to higher level. He is quite famous for discovering the law of hydrostatics, sometimes known as 'Archimedes' principle', saying that a body covered in fluid loses weight equal to the weight of the amount of fluid it displaces. He realized this as he took a bath in his bathtub, he then jumped up, and ran out onto the streets shouting out "eureka! eureka!" He was completely naked at this time.
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Which at the time was considered to be the 'intellectual center' of the world. After he completed his formal studies in Alexandria, he returned to Greece. Since Archimedes was a philosopher he was right up there with all the other rich people and heroes. Then below his class there were normal citizens who were nothing special, just the average farmers. Then there were the poor citizens who were struggling to find a stable living. After them women and children followed. As they were either too young or of the "wrong" sex to earn or own anything. At the bottom of the class structure chain, there were slaves, their only worth as a thing to do the dirty work for you, the vast majority of slaves were women, children or foreign