The Syracusia Ship

Michael Lahanas


Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Archimedes, (287-212) BC. King Hieron, who was absolutely astonished by the statement, asked him to prove it. In the harbour was the Syracusia, a 55 meters long ship, that had proved impossible to launch even by the combined efforts of many men from