Hero of Alexandria: Greek mathematician and engineer
| dc.contributor.author | Hollander, David | |
| dc.contributor.department | History | |
| dc.date | 2019-03-05T20:04:18.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30T04:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-30T04:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2009 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-11-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>Hero invented, improved, or at least preserved the designs for a variety of devices, including a surveying instrument, a catapult, a coin-operated water dispenser, and automata. His most famous invention was the aeolipile, a forerunner of the steam engine.</p> | |
| dc.description.comments | <p>This book chapter is published as Hollander, D.B. Hero of Alexandria: Greek mathematician and engineer, in Great Lives from History: Inventors & Inventions. November 2009, 2; 514-516. Posted with permission. </p> | |
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| dc.language.iso | en | |
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| dc.subject.disciplines | Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity | |
| dc.subject.disciplines | Heat Transfer, Combustion | |
| dc.subject.disciplines | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | |
| dc.subject.disciplines | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | |
| dc.subject.disciplines | Technical and Professional Writing | |
| dc.title | Hero of Alexandria: Greek mathematician and engineer | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dc.type.genre | book_chapter | |
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