The Story of Great Inventions

Chapter I

THE AGE OF ARCHIMEDES

Archimedes, the First Great Inventor

Archimedes, the first great inventor, lived in Syracuse more than two thousand years ago. Syracuse was a Greek city on the island of Sicily. The King of Syracuse, Hiero, took great interest in the discoveries of Archimedes.

One day Archimedes said to King Hiero that with his own strength he could ...