The Mechanical Tradition of Hero of Alexandria: Strategies of Reading from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Annals of Science 82 (2):333-335 (2025)
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The name of Hero of Alexandria is associated today with numerous mechanical and mathematical treatises ranging from the construction of pneumatic contrivances, automata, siege weaponry and surveyin...

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