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advanced the design of the Archimedean screw pump, applying mathematical principles to improve its efficiency for irrigation and drainage and secured a patent for his developments. Ceredi's innovations, documented in Tre discorsi sopra il modo d'alzar acque da' luoghi bassi (1567), led to the widespread adoption of the technology throughout Southern Europe. In 1619 Benedetto Castelli, a student of Galileo Galilei,

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