Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria in Wikipedia

Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) (c. 10–70 AD) was an ancient Greek mathematician who was a resident of a Roman province (Ptolemaic Egypt); he was also an engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria. He is considered the greatest experimenter of antiquity[1] and his work is representative of the Hellenistic sci...

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Hero in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

1. A native of Alexandria and disciple of Ctesibius, who flourished about B.C. 125. He placed engineering and land-surveying on a scientific basis, and was celebrated as a mechanician, and invented the hydraulic clock, the machine called "the fountain of Hero ," and a forcing-pump used as a fire-engine. (See Ctesibica Machina.) He enjoyed a high re...

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