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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
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        Examples for "Hero"
        Examples for "Hero"
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        Last year he was named New Zealand's Local Hero of the year.
        Radio NZ
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        The simplest Hero cards simply provide some number of Runes or Power.
        Wired
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        He was the 'Hero of Kargil' and the 'Hero of Siachen Glacier'.
        Chef
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        Delivery Hero Chief Executive Niklas Ostberg reiterated confidence in achieving 2018's targets.
        Reuters
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        Sir Hero is revelling in the wars, or in Armida's bowers; Mr.
        The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
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        The Crown often changed its strategy for a retrial, Mr Heron said.
        Radio NZ
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        The Great Blue Heron is the largest of the North American herons.
        Wired
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        David Edwards, chief executive of New York-based Heron Financial Group, is one.
        Reuters
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        RNZ political reporter Mei Heron is in Samoa with the Prime Minister.
        Radio NZ
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        The Silver Heron is at anchor in the bay beyond that headland.
        The Sea-Hawk
        Uso de Hero of Alexandria em inglês
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        That diligent enquirer Hero of Alexandria discovered this lately.
        The Sisters — Volume 3
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        In these experiments, however, Leonardo seems to have advanced little beyond Hero of Alexandria and his steam toy.
        A History of Science — Volume 2
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        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
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        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
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        Hero of Alexandria, who lived in the second century BC, might be described as the Heath Robinson of his generation.
        The Irish Times
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        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
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        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