As far as we know The Bird and Snake invention does not have any practical use. The ancient Greek invention was a presentation of a bird...
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Ancient Rome: The Water Organ Of Vitruvius
According to Vitruvius , Ktesibios was the first to build an organ like this. The Ktesibios organ comprised of a cylindrical water tu...
Ancient Rome: The Odometer Of Vitruv
What Was the Odometer of Vitruvius The Odometer of Vitruvius was a narrow wagon frame with a large 4 foot in diameter chariot whee...
Ancient Greece: The Water Clock (Clepsydra) Of Ktesibios
What was the Ancient Greek water clock Clepsydra? The water clock was developed to solve the problem of the first timekeeping device kn...
Ancient Greece: Herons Trumpet Signal
Heron or Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek mathematician and engineer who resided in the Egyptian Roman province doing his lif...
Ancient Greece: The Repeating Catapult Of Dionysius Of Alexandria
The repeating catapult of Dionysius was an automatic straight-spring catapult that had the ability to successively fire arrows in a simi...
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