Achimedes haana kugadzira lever, asi akapa tsananguro yehunhu hunobatanidzwa mubasa rake paEquilibrium of Planes. Tsananguro dzekutanga dze lever dzinowanikwa muchikoro chePeripatetic chevateveri vaAristotle, uye dzimwe nguva dzinonzi dzaArchytas. Sekureva kwaPappus weAlexandria, basa raArchimedes pama lever rakamuita kuti ataure kuti: "Ndipei nzvimbo yekumira, uye ini ndichafambisa Nyika". (ChiGiriki: δῶς ποι<unk> στῶ καὶ τὰν γ<unk>ννά κισω) Plutarch anotsanangura kuti Archimedes akagadzira sei mabhureki-uye-tackle pulley masisitimu, achibvumira vafambisi vengarava 212 Punus kushandisa musimboti wekusimudza zvinhu izvo zvingadai zvakave zvakanyanya kurema kuti zvifambe.
kunatsiridza simba uye kunyatsoita kwekatuputi, uye nekugadzira odometer munguva yeHondo yePunic yekutanga