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LibraryThing: Science in Ancient Mesopotamia Week 5: Hellenistic Science

Ktesibios of Alexandria, fl. 250 BC

Assignment

  1. Read Michael Lahanas' summary of Ktesibios life and works.

 

"Ctesibius Alexandrinus was the first who found out the properties of the wind, and of pneumatic power, the origin of which inventions is worthy of being known." Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, de Architectura

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HSCI 3013. History of Science to 17th centuryCreative Commons license
Kerry Magruder, Instructor, 2004-14
Brent Purkaple, TA

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