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Have the teams design a system to pump say a bathtub full of water into a container 10 feet above the ground without the benefit of motors.
-- Rick Gray (rgray@penn.com), April 02, 2001
Hand pump vs. wind pump!?
-- Stephen A. Binion (Stephenbinion@hotmail.com), April 03, 2001.
Suction pump vs, parabolic pump (used in hospitals and probably spelled correctly).
-- Dan Denney (rustrenegades@hotmail.com), April 03, 2001.
how about a modified archemedies(?) screw(s) like wass used at the hanging gardens of babylon
-- tim (milehiharley@hotmail.com), April 04, 2001.
water wheel ....
-- roger (ramjet@hotmail.com), April 04, 2001.
Inject air in a submerged tube. Like an aquarium filter it will raise water to any height you want.
-- Don Denhardt (desulfator@yahoo.com), January 23, 2002.