Ctesibius biography of christopher
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1) His Biography:
In 10 AD, Heron of Alexandria was born. He spent most of his childhood years in the library
at the University of Alexandria. After completing his schooling, he began working as a
teacher at the renowned Library of Alexandria, which was situated in the educational facility
known as the &#;Mouseion at Alexandria&#; (Musaeum).
His writings have led historians to the conclusion that he lectured at the &#;Musaeum&#;. He
primarily writes in the form of lecture notes for physics, pneumatics, mathematics, and
mechanics courses. Heron rose to fame as a result of his automated device creations. Some of
his inventions are the result of the first official cybernetics research. It&#;s interesting to note
that &#;Cybernetics&#; wasn&#;t established as a discipline until the 20th century.
2) Main Works:
Pneumatica:
The term &#;pneumatica&#; describes the operation of mechanical tools and toys like singing
birds, aeolipiles, water organs, coin-operated machine
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Hero of Alexandria
1st century AD Hellenistic mathematician and engineer
Hero of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: Ἥρων[a]ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Hērōn hò Alexandreús, also known as Heron of Alexandria; probably 1st or 2nd century AD) was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria in Egypt during the Roman era. He has been described as the greatest experimentalist of antiquity and a representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition.[1][2]
Hero published a well-recognized description of a steam-powered device called an aeolipile, also known as "Hero's engine". Among his most famous inventions was a windwheel, constituting the earliest instance of wind harnessing on land.[3][4] In his work Mechanics, he described pantographs.[5] Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius.
In mathematics, he wrote a commentary on Euclid's Elements and a work on applied geometry known as the Metri
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Next I must tell about the machine of Ctesibius, which raises water to a height.
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of compressed air and its uses in pumps and even in a kind of cannon. This, in combination with his work on the elasticity of air On pneumatics, earned him the title of "father of pneumatics." None of his written work has survived, including his Memorabilia, a compilation of his research that was cited by Athenaeus. Ctesibius' most commonly known invention today is a pipe organ hydraulis, on which the invention of the piano was later based.
Inventions
Ctesibius was probably the first head of the Museum of Alexandria. Very little is known of his life, but his inventions were well known. It is said possibly by Diogenes Laërtius that his first career was as a barber. During his time as a barber, he invented a counterweight-adjustable mirror. His other in