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Hello everyone,

Does anyone know the theories about how siphoning was 
discovered?  What were the first hoses?  It seems to me that 
intestines wouldn't work for siphoning,  but I'm a vegetarian chemist 
and have never actually had an intestine in my hand, well I guess I 
have, back in my meat-eating days, but the things they put sausages 
in don't seem stable enough for a siphon.  Were reeds really the 
first hoses/pipes?

And a related question:  how, do people think, a pump spray mechanism 
was invented/discovered?  I guess it's the same principle as the 
ground water pump.  Archimedes' screw is ingenious, but simple-minded 
in comparison, isn't it?  ( I mean one of these things: 
http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module06/title.htm )

Unrelated to this, but another thing I'm working on:  the shape of 
amphorae.  I can think of a number of reasons why they were made to 
not stand up by themselves, but I'm wondering if anyone's come across 
real scholarly work instead of just educated guesses.

Thanks very much for any enlightenment!

Natasha

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