Hero Of Alexandria Collection

Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left)
5309443 Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria)

First edition of Aleottis translation of Heros Pneumatics
6343847 First edition of Aleottis translation of Heros Pneumatics, 1589 (woodcut on vellum) by Italian School, (16th century); 21.5x15.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hero of Alexandria (fl)

Hero of Alexandria experimenting with steam, 120 BC (chromolitho)
968384 Hero of Alexandria experimenting with steam, 120 BC (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hero of Alexandria experimenting with steam, 120 BC)

First edition of Aleottis translation of Heros Pneumatics
6343848 First edition of Aleottis translation of Heros Pneumatics, 1589 (woodcut on vellum) by Italian School, (16th century); 21.5x15.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hero of Alexandria (fl)

PSCI2A-00119
Coin-operated urn designed by Hero of ancient Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Heros steam engine
Steam-engine of Hero of Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PSCI2A-00063
Ancient Greek aeolipile, or steam-engine, as designed by Hero of Alexandria. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

Hero steam engine, artwork C016 / 9687
Hero steam engine. Artwork of the steam engine devised by 1st-century AD Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria. The device is also called an aeolipile

Roman odometer, artwork C016 / 9686
Roman odometer. Artwork of a type of odometer (for measuring distances travelled) described by 1st-century BC Roman engineer Vitruvius

Steam turbine, historical artwork. This is an artists impression of what a turbine described by Hero of Alexandria may have looked like

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