The pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria
English translation · Translated by Joseph George Greenwood
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While preparing a history of the steam engine, Bennet Woodcroft found that the earliest writer on its parts appeared to be Hero of Alexandria, whose treatise describes devices worked by air, water and steam. Woodcroft edited this English translation, made from the Greek with the help of J. G. Greenwood, and had the drawings made for it from the best surviving examples. It appeared in London in 1851, dedicated to Prince Albert. Little is known with certainty about Hero himself, and the translator's preface says so.
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- Hero of Alexandria
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
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- Engineering
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