The lift from the beginning to now
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Archimedes: A body immersed in a lift...
As early as the 3rd century B.C., people felt the need to make lifting heavy loads to heights easier. So they invented the first hoists, predecessors of today’s lifts. The famous scholar Archimedes not only immersed bodies in a liquid, but also constructed the first lift very similar to those that we use today. The cabin was suspended on a hemp rope and was lifted upwards by a hand winch or windlass.