Stamp From Italy
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Stamp ID: 345
Submitted by: space
Title: The image of Archimedes
Year on stamp(or production): 1983
Price of stamp: 500.00 EUR
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The image of Archimedes represented on the stamp is from a bust in the National Museum of Naples, Italy. However, the bust actually is one of Archidamos III, a third-century BC king of Sparta.
Also depicted is an Archimedes screw. As is typical of such illustrations, the helical blades are not drawn properly and the way in which water is trapped in the device is incorrectly shown. The artist also has water flowing uphill as it leaves the top of the screw. |
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