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Greek inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, by Greeks. Greek people have made major innovations to mathematics , astronomy , chemistry , engineering , architecture , and medicine .
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 Metrica.
[10] [11] Philo of Byzantium was famous for his inventions. The Antikythera mechanism from c. 150–100 BC was designed to calculate the positions of astronomical objects. Complex mechanical devices are known to have existed in Hellenistic Greece , though the only surviving example is the Antikythera mechanism , the earliest known analog ...
Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited to the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental machines and ...
Ancient Discoveries is a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on the History Channel.The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented.
The Greek-Egyptian mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria described the device in the 1st century AD, and many sources give him the credit for its invention. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, Vitruvius was the first to describe this appliance in his De architectura ( c. 30-20 BC ).
Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983) with a model of the Antikythera mechanism. Captain Dimitrios Kontos (Δημήτριος Κοντός) and a crew of sponge divers from Symi island discovered the Antikythera wreck in early 1900, and recovered artefacts during the first expedition with the Hellenic Royal Navy, in 1900–01. [32]
Ancient Greek military equipment (6 C, 30 P) Ancient Greek theatre (8 C, 76 P) Ancient Olympic sports (1 C, 14 P) ... Category: Ancient inventions.