Archimedes invented the screw because there was a hole in one of the ships and water was leaking everywhere. He used it to lift the water up from the boat and through to the other side.
17TH March 2011 16584 or in the age of the poos
in order to upgrade the irrigation in the whole known world
When it was first invented, it was intended to draw water out of Greek ships. However, it was later used for irrigation.
In the year 265 b.c