Took one look at that thumbnail and knew it was a Steve Mould creation. He has a very distinctive style to his water models.
Actually just watched this before I saw this post. Great video and very informative!
Steve Mould is a great YouTuber. Up there with Technology Connections
Matt Parker looks so insanely different with that beard.
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So, basically an Archimedes Screw.
Nope. The airlock effect inside the mechanism produces an additive effect with each coil that builds the pressure way beyond what a normal screw pump is capable of (he shows a friend who has one that pumps water to a garden 8 meters above just from the force of the river spinning it). That’s what makes it worth its own whole Steve Mould video.
