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The pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria

Title
The pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria / [translated from the ancient Greek by Joseph Gouge Greenwood ; edited by Bennet Woodcroft.
Author
Hero, of Alexandria.
Publication
London : Macdonald & Co. ; New York : American Elsevier, 1971.

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Additional Authors
  • Greenwood, Joseph George, 1821-1894
  • Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803-1879
Description
xiv, xix, 141 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
History of science library, primary sources
Uniform Title
  • Pneumatica. English
  • History of science library: primary sources.
Alternative Title
Pneumatica.
Subject
  • Pneumatics
  • Inventions > History
  • Discoveries in science > History
  • Discoveries in science
  • Inventions
  • Pneumatics
  • Discoveries in science > History
  • Inventions > History
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "A facsimile of the 1851 Woodcraft edition."
Contents
The pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria -- Note on the text and its accompanying illustrations -- Illustrations from Marcianus.
ISBN
  • 0444196234
  • 9780444196231
  • 035603514X
  • 9780356035147
  • 9780356035444
  • 0356035441
  • 035603544X (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
70132638
OCLC
  • ocm00139010
  • 139010
  • SCSB-199030
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library