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Eureka! How Archimedes and his 2,000-year-old invention will help provide green energy
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/278efad5-0c44-430b-9f63-4c08c5a03dca/E29E5B11-0009-4896-BF19-4D24AF2ADBF7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824/Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention-help-provide-green-energy.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></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"><H1>Eureka! 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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