Heron of Alexandria
Villard de Honnecourt
1513
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| Myth | Ellade | Icarus | Dedalus | Dedalus |
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| 280 b.C. | Alexandria of Egypt | Nysa |
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| 250 b.C. | Alexandria of Egypt | Hydraulic Clock | Ctesibius | Ctesibius |
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| Hydraulic pump |
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| Hydraulic organ |
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| 250 b.C. | Alexandria of Egypt | Hydraulic servant | Philo | Philo |
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| Hydraulic owl |
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| 250 b.C. | Alexandria of Egypt - Syracuse | Hydraulic Clock | Archimedes |
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| 150-100 b.C | Corinth? | Antikythera Mechanism |
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| 150 b.C | Olbia Mechanism |
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| 50 | Alexandria of Egypt | Eolipile |
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| Static Theater |
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| Mobile Theather |
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| 500 | Gaza | Hydraulic clock |
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| 850 | Baghdad | Hydraulic drinking Bull | Banu Musa Brothers |
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| Hydraulic ingenious devices |
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| 1050 | Cordoba | Hydraulic gazelles hourglass | Al Muradi | E. Farré |
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| Automata from The book of secrets | Leonardo 3 |
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| 1200 | Al-Jazira | Hydraulic Elephant clock | Al jazari |
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| Castle Hydraulic clock |
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| 1200 | Damascus | Hydraulic clock |
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| 1235 | Honnecourt sur Escaur | Mechanical dove |
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| 1347 | Orvieto | The tower clock |
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| 1352 | Strasbourg | The clock of the Three Kings |
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| 1357 | Fes | Hydraulic house of the clock |
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| 1362 | Fes | Quarawiyin Hydraulic clock | Islamic Science Museum |
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| 1365 | Padua | The astrarium | Giovanni Dondi | Giovanni Dondi |
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| 1440 | Padua | The fiery witch | Giovanni Fontana |
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| 1439 | Florence | The angel of the annunciation | Filippo Brunelleschi | Filippo Brunelleschi |
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| The ingenuity of San Felice |
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| 1478 | Milan | The programmable cart | Leonardo da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci |
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| 1490 | Feast of Paradise |
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| 1495 | The Knight |
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| 1499 | Venice | Hypnerotomachia Poliphili | Francesco Colonna |
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| 1506 1513 |
Milan | Orfeo of Poliziano | Leonardo da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci |
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| 1515 | Florence | The mechanical Lion |
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| 1547 | Strasbourg | The cathedral clock | Conrad Dasypodius | Isaac and Josia Habrecht |
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| 1562 | Alcalà de Henares | The monk | Janello Turriani | Janello Turriani |
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