Hero Of Alexandria Hermann Schone Ed

Heron

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An ancient Greek mathematician and engineer from Alexandria known for his inventions in mechanics, pneumatics, and optics. His works were highly influential during the Renaissance for their practical applications in 'natural magic' and mechanical automata.

Also known as: Hero of Alexandria · Heron Alexandrinus · Hero of Alexandria; Francesco Barocci (trans.) · Hero of Alexandria; Federico Commandino (trans.) · Hero of Alexandria; Bernardino Baldi (trans.) · Hero of Alexandria; Giovanni Battista Aleotti (trans.) · Hero of Alexandria; Alessandro Giorgi (trans.) · Hero of Alexandria; Ctesibius; Bernardino Baldi (trans.)

14 worksGreek, Latin, Italian, Greek-German

Bibliography

Title	Year	Language	Publisher	Pages
Book on War Machines and GeodesyFirst TranslationLiber de machinis bellicis et de geodaesia (Barocci 1572)	1572	Latin	—	180done
The PneumaticsFirst TranslationHeronis Alexandrini Spiritalium liber	1575	Latin	—	169done
The Pneumatics of Hero of AlexandriaFirst TranslationHeronis Alexandrini Spiritalium liber (Commandino 1575)	1575	Greek	—	176done
On Automata, or Self-Moving MachinesFirst TranslationDe gli avtomati, Machine se moventi (Baldi 1589)	1589	Italian	Girolamo Porro (Venice)	104done
The Pneumatics of Hero of AlexandriaFirst TranslationGli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali di Herrone	1589	Italian	Vittorio Baldini (Ferrara)	51done
The Pneumatics of Hero of AlexandriaFirst TranslationSpiritali di Herone Alessandrino	1592	Italian	Bartholomeo Ragusij (Urbino)	174done
On the Construction of Engines of War (Belopoeeca)First TranslationBelopoeeca - Telifactiva (Baldi 1616)	1616	Greek	—	92done
The Ingenious and Curious Spiritual MotionsFirst TranslationGli artificiosi e curiosi moti spiritali (Aleotti 1647)	1647	Greek	Carlo Zenero (Bologna)	136done
The Ingenious and Curious Pneumatic Motions of HeroFirst TranslationGli artificiosi e curiosi moti spiritali di Herone	1647	Italian	Carlo Zenero (Bologna)	138done
Remains of Hero's Geometry and StereometryFirst TranslationHeronis Geometricorum et Stereometricorum reliquiae (Hultsch 1864)	1864	Latin	—	393done
The Mechanics or The Elevator of HeroFirst TranslationLes mécaniques ou L'élévateur de Héron (Carra de Vaux 1894)	1894	Greek	—	332done
Complete Extant Works of Hero of Alexandria, Vol. 3First TranslationHeronis Alexandrini Opera quae supersunt omnia Vol. 3 (Teubner 1899)	1899	Greek	B. G. Teubner (Leipzig)	400done
Complete Extant Works of Hero of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (Mechanics and Catoptrics)First TranslationHeronis Alexandrini Opera Quae Supersunt Omnia, Vol. 2 (Mechanica et Catoptrica)	1900	Latin	B. G. Teubner (Leipzig)	467done
Hero's Belopoeica (Treatise on Artillery Construction)First TranslationHerons Belopoiika - Schrift vom Geschützbau (Diels/Schramm 1918)	1918	Greek-German	—	68done