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heron de alexandria

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

        heron de alexandria
        Uso de Hero of Alexandria em inglês
        1
        That diligent enquirer Hero of Alexandria discovered this lately.
        The Sisters — Volume 3
        2
        In these experiments, however, Leonardo seems to have advanced little beyond Hero of Alexandria and his steam toy.
        A History of Science — Volume 2
        3
        Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine.
        The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
        4
        Automata have lived among us since toga days, when Hero of Alexandria built mini-mechanical theaters whose mythological figures cavorted about on their own weight-and-pulley power.
        Wired
        5
        Hero of Alexandria, who lived in the second century BC, might be described as the Heath Robinson of his generation.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Hero of Alexandria, who lived in the first century before Christ, has described to us several bits of machinery which were driven by steam.
        The Story of Mankind
        7
        Hero of Alexandria first applied steam to machinery, next a French writer in 1630, the Marquis of Worcester in 1655, Capt.
        The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
        Translations for Hero of Alexandria