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Heron of Alexandria, Mechanica

TM Author id: 378 (Heron of Alexandria)

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lived AD 10 - 70 about (often approximation)
ethnic: of Alexandria / Alexandrinus (TM Geo 100)
sex: man
language: Greek
genre: mathematics
biblio: RE Heron 5; EANS s.v. Heron of Alexandria

Works not attested in TM Texts and only known from manuscripts postdating AD 800 or from references in other authors not yet processed in TM: Pneumatica; De automatis; De horoscopiis; Catoptrica ... and more. Click here to see the full list of 10 works.

TM Authorwork id: 12673 (Mechanica)

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written AD 10 - 70 aboutlanguage: Greek


Stable URI (with TM Authorwork ID): www.trismegistos.org/authorwork/12673
Selection: Mechanica (see entire workscloud for this author)

There are no attestations of this work in manuscripts or inscriptions pre-dating AD 800 (or quotes from them have not yet been processed by TM).

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