Hei ki a Pappus o Alexandria, mahi a Archimedes i runga i lever i meinga ia ki te kōrero: "Homai ki ahau he wahi ki te tu i runga i, a ka neke ahau te Earth. " (Greek: δῶς ποι<unk> στῶ καὶ τὰν γ<unk>ννά κισω) Plutarch whakaahua pehea Archimedes hangaia poraka-me-tackle pulley pūnaha, tuku 212 Punus kaipuke ki te whakamahi i te parau tumu o te whakaara ki te ara i ngā ahanoa e kua ano kia taimaha ki te neke. Kua hoki kua whakawhiwhia ki te whakapai ake BC Archimedes me te mana o ia Archimedes ki te Virapusus, a i ētahi wā e kiia ki a Archytas. I roto i te uiuinga tuatahi o Roma, e ai ki a Marcellus, i whakaahuatia e Marcus Marcus i roto i te kōrero ki a Marcellus, i whakaahuatia e ia i roto i te pukapuka o Marcus Aurelius i roto i te pukapuka o Marcus Aurelius, i whakaahuatia e ia i roto i te pukapuka o Marcus Aurelius i te tikanga rite te mea i hangaia ki te whakamahi i te
te whakapai ake i te mana me te tika o te catapult, me te waihanga i te odometer i te Pakanga Punic Tuatahi