Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions were the first documented steam engine, the "aeolipile", and a windwheel, constituting one the earliest instances of wind harnessing. He is said to have been a follower of the Atomists. Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius. Wikipedia
...THE PNEUMATICS OF Hero Of Alexandria FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK TRANSLATED FOR AND EDITED BY BENNET WOODCROFT PROFESSOR OF MACHINERY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON LONDON TAYLOR ... www.history.rochester.edu/steam/hero/index.html
Technical works by Heron of Alexandria, Aristides Quintilianus and Johannes Pediasimos, with diagrams, later 16th cent. www.wundersamessammelsurium.de/Heron/
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