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General Facts Born around 10 AD. Thought to have died at 70 AD. He is said to have been a follower of the Atomists. He was an Engineer and a Mathematician.
Writen Works by Heron Publised in 1903 by Tuneber a publishing house * Pneumatica, a description of machines working on air, steam or water pressure, including the hydraulis or water organ. * Automata, a description of machines which enable wonders in temples by mechanical or pneumatical means (e.g. automatic opening or closing of temple doors, statues that pour wine, etc.). * Mechanica, preserved only in Arabic, written for architects, containing means to lift heavy objects. * Metrica, a description of how to calculate surfaces and volumes of diverse objects. * On the Dioptra, a collection of methods to measure lengths. In this work the odometer and the dioptra, an apparatus which resembles the theodolite, are described. * Belopoeica, a description of war machines. * Catoptrica, about the progression of light, reflection and the use of mirrors.
Heron of Alexandria '' The Mechanic''
Residence/Natioanlity Born in Alexandria It was once questioned by a small number of scholars that Heron may have been a Greek of Egyptian or Phoenician origin, but the modern scholars believe that he was a pure Greek
Other Achievements : First formal research into cybernetics. Created Heron's Formula Strongly believed to teach at the famous Library of Alexandria Formulated the Principle of the Shortest Path of Light
Invetions All based around 50-67 Ad First Vending Machine Force Pump (used by Romans as a fire engine) The Aeoilpile (AKA First recorded Steam Engine) A windwheel operating an organ He made many machines for the theater he had sound effects, pulley systems, creating flames and using using programable machines
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